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  • Uniform specialist targets Zimbabwe industries

    South African uniform solutions specialist The Kit Group is negotiating with relevant stakeholders in Zimbabwe’s mining and agriculture sectors to supply uniforms and accessories.

    The company also aims to develop four comprehensive on-site stor...

  • ZIMBABWE: Kimberley Process recommends suspension of diamond trade

    JOHANNESBURG, 30 July 2009 (IRIN) - An interim report on Zimbabwe's diamond trade by the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) - an international initiative to stem the flow ...
  • Namibia: Namdeb Wants Royalty Waiver From Government

    Windhoek — Diamond producer Namdeb said this week that its application to the government for a royalty waiver must be seen in the light of the current global economic environment and the unique circumstances facing the diamond industry, which has bee...

  • South Africa: Producer Prices Beat a Sharp Retreat

    Johannesburg — PRICES at SA's factories, farms and mines dived a record 4,1% in the year to June, delivering the second pleasant surprise on inflation this week and reinforcing the case for lower interest rates.

    The fall in the producer price i...

  • South Africa: White Water Resources Does What It Can to Retain JSE Listing After Cautionary

    Johannesburg — MINING investment and exploration company White Water Resources would have devised an operational, technical and financial plan within the next six months that would enable it to retain its listing on the JSE, CEO Waron Mann aid yester...

  • Zambia: Chinese Firm to Take Over Munali Mine

    A CHINESE firm, Jinchuan Group Limited will take over Munali Mine in Mazabuka next month, Mines and Minerals Development Minister Maxwell Mwale has said.

    He said officials from Jinchuan would arrive in the country next week to finalise the take o...

  • BCL smelter stimulates delegates' curiosity

    The base metal industry is facing many challenges that can only be overcame if players work together, says the General Manager of BCL, Montwedi Mphathi.

     

    Delive...

  • Zimbabwe: Govt Withdraws Mines And Minerals Bill

    GOVERNMENT has withdrawn from Parliament the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill that sought to cede 51% of all foreign-owned mining firms to Zimbabweans.

    Mines and Mining Development permanent secretary Thankful Musukutwa said the draft law had be...

  • Namibia: Caterer in a Stew Over Mine

    CATERING company Roynam says it intends to pursue legal action against a former client that terminated its services earlier this month because of alleged poor service.

    The Exxaro mine at Rosh Pinah sent home about 30 Roynam workers on July 7 and ...

  • South Africa: Law Bodies to Back State Over Mineral Rights

    Johannesburg — THE Centre for Applied Legal Studies (Cals) and the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), in support of the government, have applied for permission to assist a World Bank tribunal in a legal challenge to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Act...

  • Africa: Tap Into Power of Artisanal Mining, Analysts Say

    Koidu — As the Sierra Leone government, donors, mining companies and union members discuss how to reform industrial mining, analysts say they are overlooking the need for change in the informal or "artisanal" diamond mining sector, which employs some...

  • South Africa: Merafe Output Dips On Capacity Cuts

    Johannesburg — MERAFE Resources, partner of global miner Xstrata in SA's biggest ferrochrome operation, says its production for the six months to last month fell 60% compared with last year after it mothballed 80% of its capacity for several months i...

  • Zimbabwe Risks Ban On Diamond Mining

    MASVINGO -  The Prime Minister of Zimbabwe

    Namibia: Diamond Exports Drop 30 Percent

    DIAMOND exports fell by nearly 30 per cent last year as the global economic crisis shrunk spending power worldwide.

    Despite mining 2,1 million carats, Namdeb only managed to export 1,611 million carats last year, well below the 2,265 million the ...

  • Diamond investors blocked

    Harare – African Consolidated Resources plc has thrown spanners on potential diamond investors in Marange as the London Stock Exchange-listed resource firm insists their active interest "is illegal." Eleven investors had shown interest to partner the Zi...
  • South Africa: 'Few Benefit' From Social Responsibility Schemes of Diamond Companies

    The Findings of Research Into the Diamond Mining Industry published yesterday by the Bench Marks Foundation - painted a gloomy picture of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance of the industry in the west coast region.

    John Capel, ...

  • Opinion: Electronics companies and consumers can help stop Congolese bloodshed

    Have a cell phone or laptop computer? The conflict in eastern Congo, which has killed five times as many people as the war in Iraq, affects you. Fresh attacks last month caused 100,000 people to lose their homes, the latest in a war in which tens of th...

  • Zimbabwe: CBZ Helps Federation Acquire 100 Kilograms Gold

    Harare — ZIMBABWE Miners Federation has acquired 100 kilogrammes of gold in less than two weeks after receiving a revolving US$500 000 facility from CBZ Bank chief executive John Mangudya.

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