The recent signature of mining contracts involving loans by Chinese interests is changing Western lenders’ policy in Congo-K. The IMF [...]
Zimbabwe, with inflation running at over 100,000% per month, an explosive social situation and rapacious mining legislation, has become an [...]
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Around a dozen foreign companies, including BHP Billiton, Bateman Engineering and Tata Steel, are interested in mining the iron ore [...]
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Hwange Colliery, which has been considerably weakened by its chronic financial difficulties, is trying to generate cash by signing export [...]
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After buying UraMin last summer when uranium prices peaked, Areva has now cut a deal with another junior, Murchison United [...]
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Mitsubishi Corp, one of the main Japanese conglomerates (sogo shosha), wants to move into the platinum sector in South Africa. [...]
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The disposal of AngloGold Ashanti and FirstRand International’s uranium trading company Nufcor International was finally concluded last week after several [...]
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Riversdale Mining has crossed into a new strategic phase. The Australian junior that works in coal exploration in the Tete [...]
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