Sierra Leone to strengthen trade ties with Nigeria – Envoy
Sierra Leone has pledged to strengthen economic relations and create the enabling environment to attract Nigerians to invest the mining sector.Dr. Solomon Gembeh, High Commissioner...
MRM is the second company in the mining sector to contribute most to Mozambique’s tax revenues
Montepuez Ruby Mining (MRM) is the second company in the mining sector to have paid most in taxes to the Mozambican state, consecutively, in 2017...
Black Rock Mining negotiating to formalise government ownership in Tanzanian graphite project
Black Rock Mining Ltd (ASX:BKT) has received Tanzanian Government confirmation of the start of a process to formalise the structure and nature of ownership in the Mahenge Graphite Project....
DR Congo locks down mining city and Zambia border town
Democratic Republic of Congo imposed a 24-hour lockdown on the mining hub of Lubumbashi on Tuesday and was set to shut down Kasumbalesa, a border...
SA MINING FIRMS WORK TOGETHER AGAINST COVID-19 AS MINES REOPEN
President Cyril Ramaphosa agreed last week to partially ease a national lockdown that temporarily shut all mines, except for some production of coal, the main...
Goldplat continues to benefit from the higher gold spot price
Goldplat plc (LON:GDP), the AIM listed gold producer, with international gold recovery operations located in South Africa and Ghana and an underground mining operation in Kenya, has today announced an operational update for the third quarter ended 31 March 2020....
De Beers’ Namibia diamond venture boosts output
De Beers’ Namibia joint venture, Namdeb, increased diamond production by 5.8% in the first quarter from a year earlier, according to data from De Beers’...
Zimbabwe: New Mining Fees Announced
Government has gazetted new mining fees that take into account the inflation rate since the last review of the fees. The Mining (General) (Amendment) Regulations,...
Bea Mountain Shifting to Underground Mining amid Environmental Concerns
KINJOR, GRAND CAPE COUNTY – Musu Konneh recalls she became speechless for several minutes when she heard that Bea Mountain Mining Corporation intends to start...
Lucapa Diamond restarts Lulo mine in Angola
Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) is restarting operations at its Lulo mine in Angola on a two-shift, six-day week basis, with 50% of its workforce. Mining at Lulo has been...