Mining, petroleum, education and northern Uganda region development are some of the major opportunities that the Uganda Investment Authority will be showcasing and promoting at the Uganda North America Association convention.

A loss-making streak is pursuing uranium producer Paladin Energy, the owner of the Langer Heinrich mine, which this week posted a US$36 million after tax loss for the financial year ending June 30.

IMPALA Platinum, the world's second-biggest producer, saw increased acquisition opportunities in the junior platinum sector because of the recent fall in metals prices and more difficult capital-raising markets, it said yesterday.

THE Federal Government yesterday in Abuja approved the reclamation of abandoned mines sites nationwide.

The Federal Government yesterday in Abuja presented a new Mineral map of Nigeria, known as Airborne Geophysical Survey Digital Data, which is said to be filled with new exciting mineral findings.

Over 10 000 people from all over the world are visiting the eastern border town of Mutare every month for illegal activities involving diamonds, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono said Wednesday.

Mining giant, RioZim Limited, a subsidiary of RIO International, recorded a 34 percent decline in profits for the half year ended June 30 2008 due to operating constraints which resulted in the scaling down of operations at some of its mines.

China is embarking on massive investment in Zimbabwe's mining, agriculture and aviation sectors as part of its efforts to assist the country and further strengthen relations between the two countries, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Yuan Nansheng has said.

Human rights and local government officials in Democratic Republic of Congo's Katanga province have expressed concern about rising tension between different communities in a mining town there.

The Federal Government is to restructure six coal blocks for bidding, as part of its efforts to develop coal, which has great economic potentialities.

In December 2007, unrest broke out in the diamond mining region of Kono in the east, between kimberlite mining corporation Koidu Holdings and locals in the lease area.

UK's African Eagle Resources plc has announced the discovery of early nickelassay on the basis of results from drilling at its Dutwa gold and base metals project in Mwanza Region.

Diamond Commissioner in the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Kennedy Hamutenya, yesterday denied that there is a deliberate hold-up to an application for the renewal of the Toscanini diamond exclusive prospecting licence (EPL) along the Skeleton Coast held by Malaysian Dr Subramanian Ragubathi.

MINING giant Anglo American yesterday said it had found negotiations with Eskom on co-generation extremely difficult, resource intensive and time-consuming.

DEEP pocket investors in mining across the world thronged the Transcorp Hilton Hotel yesterday as the Minister of Mines and Solid Minerals, Alh. Sarafa Tunji Ishola, publicly presented a new mineral map of Nigeria said to be filled with new exciting mineral findings.

FOUR men were arrested at Gobabis last week for being in possession of four containers containing what is suspected to be uranium oxide, Police sources told The Namibian on Monday.

THE gold mining sector in Zimbabwe has the potential for rapid growth and recovery if the current economic problems are addressed, Metallon Gold chief executive Mr Collin Gura, has said.

The uranium mining industry in Namibia, and in particular the Erongo Region, is undergoing a growth period with increased exploration activities and the oldest uranium mine in the country, Rossing Uranium, has renewed its production output.

MINING giant, RioZim Limited, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto International, recorded a 34 percent decline in profits for the half year ended June 30 2008 due to operating constraints which resulted in the scaling down of operations at some of its mines.

Two companies are locked in a dispute over a 2,300-acre piece of land at Ramisi in Msambweni District that they claim the Government leased to both of them.

PMI Gold Corporation Chairman David Buckle, has announced that the Company's subsidiary Adansi Gold Company (Gh) Limited has acquired the Kaniago (Adansi) License by direct application to the Minerals Commission of Ghana.

GOLD Fields would spend the next five years building up production at the South Deep mine to full capacity of 330000 tons a month or 800000oz of gold a year, head of South African operations Vishnu Pillay said yesterday.

Civil society organizations have called for independence of a taskforce set up by government to identify gaps and limitations of existing mining contracts and agreements in its analyses of the views of civil society.

Diamonex announced on Friday that the commissioning of its Lerala Diamond Mine Processing Plant is complete and recovery of diamonds has commenced.

PLATINUM producer Northam was considering several ways of developing its Booysendal project that could alter the timing of the capital requirements, CEO Glyn Lewis said yesterday.