Independence Group builds Orion stake in A$5m placement
AUSTRALIAN-based gold and base metals miner Independence Group NL (IGO), whose interests include a 30% stake in AngloGold Ashanti’s Tropicana mine, has hiked its...
Vedanta regional ambitions given definition in Africa Base Metals
VEDANTA'S Southern Africa ambitions have been given greater definition following the creation of Africa Base Metals, an entity through which its zinc and copper...
Glencore et al fail to address key issues in DRC Mining...
MINING companies including Randgold Resources and Glencore said they were able to influence some regulations through which the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC's) 2018...
Vedanta to study $800m zinc smelter project in South Africa
VEDANTA is considering spending a further $700m to $800m developing South Africa's zinc industry following an announcement it was investigating building a refinery at...
Afritin takes its place as capital discovers appetite for exploration
THE mobile rings during an interview with Anthony Viljoen, CEO of Afritin Minerals. I tell him he can take it. "Don’t worry," he responds:...
Dan Gertler “freezes” Glencore’s Kamoto mine and sues for $2.9bn
Legal warfare has erupted in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between Glencore and Israeli entrepreneur Dan Gertler who is claiming a total...
First Quantum Minerals refutes Zambian tax claim
First Quantum Minerals - a Toronto-listed company mining copper in Zambia - does not expect the final value of the $8bn tax...
Paladin moves to close Namibian uranium mine
ASX-listed Paladin Energy has announced plans to put its Namibia-based Langer Heinrich uranium mine (LHM) on care and maintenance, blaming "stubbornly" low uranium prices...
Gecamines sues to “dissolve” Glencore-controlled Kamoto Copper
Gecamines - the mining and trading company owned by the government of the Democratic Repubic of Congo (DRC) - has started legal proceedings...
Vedanta boss Agarwal commits to Zambia despite shocks, rows
VEDANTA chairman, Anil Agarwal, was at his contrarion best today telling an investment forum in Zambia during a two-day visit that the southern African country...