November 28
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Senate to Recover 'Unspent' N17 Billion Coal Fund From Power Ministry
This Day
Chairman, Senate Committee on Mines and Steel development, Senator Phillip Aduda, Tuesday expressed the committee's displeasure over the N17 billion budgetary allocations in the... Read more »
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Marikana Commission - AMCU President Flays NUM [analysis]
Daily Maverick
According to AMCU president Joseph Mathunjwa, the unrest that led to the massacre at Marikana was probably caused by “sinister forces” linked to NUM’s campaign to... Read more »
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Study - Industrial Sector Still Lags Behind
Daily News
TANZANIA lags behind other countries in the region in terms of quantity and quality of industrial goods produced and exported, the Tanzania Industrial Competitiveness Report (TICR)... Read more »
November 27
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Bosses Not Ready for Workers - AMCU
SAPA
Lonmin management was not ready to receive rock drill operators' grievances before workers at the platinum mine in North West went on strike on August 10, a union leader told the... Read more »
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Marikana Commission - Weapons That Kill and a Row Over Subpoenas [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The use of ‘weapons of war’ by the police in 16 August demonstrated an intent to kill, advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza told the commission on Monday. But proceedings stalled... Read more »
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The Herald
Chemplex Corporation has shut down its subsidiary Dorowa Minerals which is the country's sole producer of phosphate citing liquidity challenges. Phosphate is a major nutritional... Read more »
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Namibian
THE mining and exploration industry in Namibia supported over 100 000 people during the past year, the Chamber of Mines in Namibia says in its latest annual review. Read more »
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Ex BMC Employees Demand Severance Benefit
Informer
Over 1,800 former employees of the Bong Mining Company (BMC) are demanding US$8.9 Million Severance benefits from the Government of Liberia. Read more »
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FG to Revamp Iron, Steel Sector, Says Sada
This Day
Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mohammed Sada, has expressed optimism that there would be a complete turn-around for the minerals and metals sector next year. Read more »
November 26
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In Brief - Zuma's Son Sued by Govt Finance Agency
Daily Maverick
A round-up of the weekend’s news from South Africa. Read more »
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Minerals Export - N2.2 Trillion Lost to Faulty Measurement Yearly
Leadership
The federal government loses about N2.2 trillion annually to inaccurate measurement system across all sectors of the economy, especially the oil and gas sector which accounts for... Read more »
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Zambia's Future Bright, Says Finnish Envoy
Times of Zambia
FINLAND Ambassador to Zambia Pertti Anttinen has said Zambia's future in mining and other sectors of the economy is bright for as long as the Government continues to implement... Read more »
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Firm Bars Tanzania Soda-Ash Project
Daily News
SUMITOMO Chemicals, a giant Japanese firm is reported to be preventing Tanzania from setting up the proposed soda ash extracting factory on the shores of Lake Natron. Read more »
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Govt Vows to Probe Mining Investors' Brutality
Daily News
THE government will soon conduct investigations over allegations that mining investors are harassing and even killing residents around mining sites. Read more »
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Daily News
THE CEO Roundtable of Tanzania is optimistic that the discoveries of vast deposits of natural gas has the potential to lift the country from the category of least developed... Read more »
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New Dawn Completes Private Placement
The Herald
NEW Dawn Mining Corporation says it has completed a US$2 million non-brokered private placement with a Zimbabwe-focused fund managed by an international investment firm at about... Read more »
November 25
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Zimbabwe Standard
MEIKLES Limited has announced the formation of a wholly-owned subsidiary to tap into the lucrative but capital-intensive industry. Read more »
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Turkish Investors Focus On Agriculture, Mining and Construction Sectors
Daily News
MORE Turkish investors coming to Tanzania have shown interest in areas of agriculture, mining and construction sectors. Read more »
November 24
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Times of Zambia
ZAMBIA is an attractive investment destination and possesses a rich array of natural resource, the majority of which has remained under exploited Read more »
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Reinsurance Seeks Foreign Firm for Drilling Covers
The Star
KENYA Reinsurance is looking for an international insurer to back up its business in the gas and oil drilling sector which it hopes to venture into within a year's time. Read more »
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War Vets Join the Gravy Train to Diamond Money
SW Radio
The battle for the proceeds from Zimbabwe's diamond mining industry intensified this week, with a group of war vets demanding a share of diamond funds from government. Read more »
November 23
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Areva Paid Millions to United Africa
Namibian
AREVA, the French nuclear energy giant that last month indefinitely postponed opening its uranium mine in the Namib Desert, paid about N$30 million to United Africa Group (UAG)... Read more »
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Marikana Commission - Cops, Lonmin Hit Back At Bishop Seoka [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Bishop Johannes Seoka was called upon to testify before the Marikana Commission of Inquiry, after having played a big mediation role in the labour unrest that led to over 45... Read more »
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South Africa in Recent Times [opinion]
Vanguard
A friend in Nigeria asked recently if the present spate of strikes and mayhem on the streets of the cities of South Africa and in the townships and the mining single hostel places... Read more »
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Civic Groups Walk Out After Threats By Mines Minister
SW Radio
Members of the Kimberley Process Civic Society Coalition, who monitor Zimbabwe's diamond industry, walked out of a breakfast meeting organized by the Mines Ministry on Wednesday,... Read more »
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