Traditional South African communities are increasingly positioning themselves as mining operators by forging partnerships with major groups. The traditional Bakwena ba Mogopa community signed its second empowerment agreement in a month in mid-January, with Switzerland’s Xstrata group.
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An agreement creating the Namibia Diamond Trading Co (NDTC) that De Beers and the Namibian government signed on Jan. 31 marks a new step towards shaking up the distribution system of DTC, the diamond group’s London-based commercial arm.
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A long-serving communications expert, Monique Van Trappen, will shortly take over the marketing operations of the Antwerp World Diamond Center, [...]
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The boss of the black investment firm Pamodzi Investment Holdings, Ndaba Ntsele, is taking a close look at buying a [...]
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The former chief of the South African biology and ecology research center Lifelab, Nhlanhla Msomi, has been appointed chief executive [...]
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An Australian accountant, David Moroney, has been named financial director of First Quantum Minerals. Moroney's previous job had been with [...]
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The former chairman of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party and ex minister of defense and education, Ponatshego Kedikilwe, has been [...]
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The former assistant managing director of the South African Diamond Board and ex director of ING Financial Markets’ mining department, [...]
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Holding a degree from the Ecole Superieure de Commerce in Paris, Agnes Russeil is to succeed Ian Brown as financial [...]
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Xceldiam, a diamond explorer in Angola, is in talks with [...]
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Banro Corporation (Canada) has increased the measured and indicated resources [...]
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ATW Venture Corp. acquired an option on 50% of Tiomin [...]
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Carnegie Minerals has contracted Australia's Wallis Drilling to conduct a [...]
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Pan African Mining Corp is intensifying its gold and uranium [...]
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A slight hiccup has occurred in the current honeymoon between [...]
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According to the Hindustan Times, senior executives from a number [...]
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The Zimbabwe Mines Ministry has called on the country’s parliament [...]
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Gem Diamond Mining Co of Africa is planning a flotation [...]
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OmegaCorp is to shortly submit a filing to the Australian [...]
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Baobab Resources has been listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market [...]
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South Africa’s Investec Bank is to grand a USD 15 [...]
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The cost of restructuring Kumba Resources is now expected to [...]
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The U.S. firm International Investment Conferences is staging the annual [...]
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The Middle East Aluminum Conference (MEED) is organizing its annual [...]
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The organization International Group for Geological Studies has announced it [...]
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