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Natural disasters, gold price among Top Mining Stories of 2011

2011 will go down as the year when the wind fell out of the sails of economic recovery and serious storm clouds gathered on the horizon.

Andrew Topf | January 1, 2012 | 4:46 am

Zimbabwe considering a ban on raw platinum exports

Mineweb | December 28, 2011 | 1:13 pm

African Barrick Gold Mine faces multimillion dollar suit

Afrcan Barrick Gold (ABG) faces a multimillion court battle following its draconian decisions taken two years ago to freeze payments to Mwanza based firm, Simba Pipe Line, under the allegations of frauds. In 2009 ABG suspended all suppliers who were...

IPP Media | December 25, 2011 | 3:37 pm

De Beers, EU have cases to answer — Tomana

ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Mr Johannes Tomana, strongly believes world leading diamond company De Beers and the European Union have cases to answer for smuggling diamonds out of Zimbabwe and imposing illegal sanctions on the country respectively. In an intervie...

Sunday News Zimbabwe | December 25, 2011 | 11:18 am

Zimbabwe government may force platinum miners to set up refineries

Concerned about the un-taxed export of byproducts refined from platinum, the Zimbabwean government is considering drafting laws that would force platinum mining companies to set up refineries.

Andrew Topf | December 20, 2011 | 7:03 pm

Anglo American mulls sale of Amapa iron ore stake – sources

Several industry sources say the miner is considering selling its majority stake in the Amapa iron ore operation in Brazil to focus on its flagship Minas-Rio growth project.

Mineweb | December 20, 2011 | 7:17 am

First Uranium to lay off 1,850 employees at South African mine

First Uranium said it plans to lay off up to 1,850 employees at its Ezulwini Mine in South Africa.

Michael Allan McCrae | December 19, 2011 | 7:49 pm

London Mining delays first Marampa shipment

The miner has delayed the first shipment from its Marampa iron ore mine in Sierra Leone to January to allow it to use larger supramax sized vessels instead of handymax sized vessels.

Mineweb | December 19, 2011 | 8:11 am

Occidental Gold plans Ivory Coast gold mine

After discovering a significant deposit in the Ivory Coast, Occidental Gold, a unit of Australia's Perseus Mining said it will seek a mining licence from the West African state.

Mineweb | December 16, 2011 | 12:58 pm

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