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A confidential memo by the head of a delegation of the Kimberley Process, which recently wrapped up an investigation into the reports of violence and killings in Marange, has detailed the 'horrific violence' used by the army against civilians there.
THE TOWNSHIP of Konongo in the Asante Akyem North District of the Ashanti Region was reportedly thrown into a state of anarchy yesterday morning, when some angry galamsey operators clashed with a joint military/police patrol team, resulting in the injuring of several people.
Zimbabwe has been given an ultimatum to demilitarise recently discovered diamond fields in the eastern parts of the country following an investigation under the Kimberly Process (KP).
The Chinese aggression to control markets in Africa and gain a foothold on the mineral wealth of the continent, is gaining notoriety, especially in Ghana, as foreign nationals, believed to be Chinese, are taking advantage of the remoteness of the Wassa Amenfi East District, and advertently exploiting the poverty and low illiteracy levels of the surrounding village communities, are engaged in ...
DE BEERS and its joint venture partner in the Gahcho Kué diamond project in Canada, Mountain Province Diamonds, had renegotiated the terms of their agreement, Toronto- listed Mountain Province said this week.
The plight of the people According to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement of the Newmont Akyem project, the proposed open pit would be exactly 900 metres wide, 2,560 metres long and 480 metres deep. Approximately, the mining project would generate 130 million tonnes of waste rock, which would have to be disposed off, and this has implications for the livelihood of the people in the area. ...
Diamonex Mine's judicial manager, John Stevens has said that the High Court has not yet made a ruling on the liquidation of the Lerala diamond mine.
Authorities of the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Technological Development launch reflection on new takeoff.
SOUTHERN African diamond producer Petra Diamonds, which is listed on London's AIM exchange, expects diamond prices to continue strengthening gradually, it said in a trading update yesterday.
THE African National Congress (ANC) yesterday sidestepped strident calls from within its alliance for the nationalisation of mines.
Zimbabwe has been given an ultimatum to demilitarise recently discovered diamond fields in the eastern parts of the country following an investigation by the Kimberly Process (KP).
A multi-billion shilling mining company has been forced to suspend production and lay off hundreds of employees.
African Eagle Resources Plc will seek a partner for its Dutwa nickel project in Tanzania in about a year, South Africa's Business Day reported, quoting the company's operations director, Mr Christopher Davies.
PRESSURE mounted on Anglo American's board yesterday to entertain the merger proposal from Xstrata after one of the group's biggest single shareholders, Old Mutual , told Reuters that if Xstrata presented an attractive offer Old Mutual would evaluate it.
ZIMBABWEAN Finance Minister Tendai Biti shocked the markets on Friday when he announced that Zimbabwe would re- evaluate all mining contracts and introduce a "use it or lose it" policy for its mining industry under a proposed law.
A visiting delegation from the Kimberley Process has just concluded a week long investigation into Zimbabwe's controversial diamond mining trade and found that the country's military and police were major contributors to the illegal activities, human rights abuses and murders that took place in the Marange diamond fields, despite denials by government officials.
NEW YORK - Perhaps no country on earth - not even Iraq, Afghanistan, or Sudan - has suffered more gravely from armed conflict in the past decade and a half than the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Several million people have died either directly in armed struggle or from forced displacement and the resulting health consequences.
The cement industry in East Africa should brace for stiff competition in three years following the entry of India's cement giant, Cemtech Sanghi Limited.
MORE clarity is needed about a proposed N$1,8 billion desalination plant Government wants to build north of Swakopmund to supply new uranium mines with water, a new report reveals.
Members of Parliament on Thursday resolved to suspend passing a $5million (Shs 10billion) loan request to finance funding shortfalls for a project dubbed the sustainable management of mineral resources project.
Shareholders of emerging copper and silver miner, Discovery Metals Limited (DML), recently approved a P22 million cash injection via share placement towards the Boseto Copper Project in Maun.
THERE are thousands of small miners all over the country eking out a meagre living by mining semi-precious stones and selling them, mainly to tourists.
ZIMBABWE Platinum Mines has invested US$862 000 in the establishment of a Skills Development Centre.
THE bodies of two illegal panners who died last Tuesday morning after being crushed by a rock while attempting to steal gold at Patchway Mine in Kadoma, have not yet been retrieved.
SHARES in developing platinum processing company Braemore Resources plunged more than 30% on the JSE on Friday after junior miner Jubilee Platinum made an all-share offer for the company, valuing it at about £25,96m (R333m).
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