The tasks of Sean Gilbertson as Gemfields embarks on fresh start

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Pallinghurst Resources has undergone a sea change in the last six months, transforming from an investment trust into an operating mining group. It has...

Naidoo seizes chance as Vedanta’s Agarwal unfurls Africa strategy

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Vedanta Resources has been picking up the shoes in southern Africa that Anglo American has cast off in its eagerness to woo shareholders in...


South Africa’s diamond dogs: why our diamond miners struggle

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In 2016, the value of diamonds bought in the US retail market topped $40bn for the first time as more prosperous consumers returned to...

Synthetic love: Will De Beers’ fresh diamond gambit work for Anglo?

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A tactic to corral the synthetic diamond jewellery market by De Beers – until recently the arch-enemy of man-made diamond jewellery posing as the...


Hayes in “Rethink” on Concordia copper plan after lessons learned

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It’s been three years since Miningmx first wrote about Namaqualand-based mining entrepreneur, Shirley Hayes, and her plans to resurrect copper mining on the site...

Anglo’s Cutifani cools talk of a threat from the East

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February 2015 will live in the memory as the day Mark Cutifani stared down a sceptical market which believed he’d responded too slowly to...

Surge in resource nationalism blind to the consequences

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Investors in a number of mining companies operating in Africa – including Randgold Resources, Acacia Mining and Ivanhoe Mines – have had some unpleasant surprises...

Kimberley licence award shifted the debate on ‘zama-zamas’

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After years of protests and stand-offs with police and security guards, the June victory which saw thousands of zama-zamas (artisanal and illegal miners) in...

Congo wobble creates credibility problem for its miners

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S&P Global Market Intelligence stated in a report in March that global spending on the search for non-ferrous metals rose to an estimated $8.4bn...

Northam’s Dunne undaunted by ‘surprising’ platinum price

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Platinum prices, which continue to languish near decade lows, have done little to dampen the confidence of Northam Platinum CEO Paul Dunne, who is...