Off The Wires

DiamondCorp maiden sale due in October

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DiamondCorp said its first diamond sale was scheduled for October when underground development would yield diamonds representative of the Lace mine.

Zim to relent on BEE laws, except for mining

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Zimbabwe may relax its empowerment legislation forcing all foreign-owned companies to sell control to local firms except in the mining sector.

Tanzania may review mining, gas contracts

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Tanzania's main opposition presidential candidate would review mining and gas contracts if elected president of the east African nation in October.

Iron ore heading back to $50/t

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Iron ore is tipped to retrace recent gains and return to $50/t by the end of September owing to ever increasing supplies.

SA mining, govt agrees to stem job losses

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South Africa's mining sector, unions and the country's government signed a plan to reduce job losses which would include selling mines rather than shutting them.

Sables sells resources to Lemur for $600,000

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Sable Metals and Minerals is to sell three projects to Lemur Resources for $600,000, a consideration to be paid in tranches.

IchorCoal lifts stake in Universal Coal

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Universal Coal said shareholder Ichor Coal had exercised its right over preference shares converting them to a total stake in the company of 29.99% from 18.51%.

Equatorial sells Mayoko for A$5m cash

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Equatorial Resources has sold its iron ore project Mayoko-Moussondji in Central African Republic to Interalloys Trading for A$5m in cash.

DMR denies major schism with mining bosses

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South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources denied there was a schism in relations between it and the mining sector amid widespread retrenchments.

Glencore to impair Chad oil by $790m

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Glencore would impair the value of its oil business in Chad, purchased for $1.35bn in April last year, by about $790m.