Southern Africa

Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) has decided to sell its South African platinum assets to a Chinese firm, Hebei Zhongbo Platinum at a cost of US$ 176m. This deal comes after Hebei...

For Omnicomm, international hi-tech industry company, the year 2014 was marked with several major events and breakthroughs both in domestic and foreign markets. Following the trends which started in 2013,...

Two gold refineries will be constructed in Zambia next year and this will enable the country to export processed gold, Minister of Mines Energy and Water Development Christopher Yaluma has...

Sonangol, the state-owned oil company has finally managed to transport petrol and diesel oil to the eastern provinces of the country by rail, as an alternative route to transporting the...

Coal Ventures Ltd (ICVL) has announced receiving the first shipment of coal from central Mozambique at the port in Visakhapatnam in eastern India. The news of the shipping to the...

South Africa’s economy has grown by a commendable percentage of 1.4 percent in the third quarter after the end of a five month platinum mines strike. According to the statistics...

South Africa’s mining output has tremendously grown by a notable 5.3 percent this year. This has been boosted by platinum producer’s gradual return to productivity, after a 5-month work-stoppage in...

The sanctions introduced in the European market have endangered the diamond industry in Zimbabwe as it has led to a major loss. Diamond miner, Anjin, has confirmed that it has...

The first batch of diamond recovered from Ghaghoo mine in Botswana will be sold in February 2015. Gem Diamonds has announced through an interim management statement last week that it...

A new diamond recovery technology has been initiated for use in mines in Botswana. The new x-ray transmission (X-RT) technology will now aid in primary diamond recovery in the country....