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This month’s report includes details of Canadian gold miner Kinross Gold’s prefeasibility study to expand its Tasiast gold mine, in Mauritania; Aim-listed Weatherly International’s...
The iron-ore mining industry, like other economic sectors, was pummelled by the 2008 worldwide economic downturn. However, thanks to stimulus packages introduced in 2009 resulted in the...
The March roundup includes details of Chinese coal miner Macmines Austasia’s intention to apply for Queensland government approval for the China Stone coal project in Australia; ASX-listed...
South Africa continues to hold the world’s largest reserves of gold after more than 126 years of mining; however, the country’s gold output has decreased in recent years. The share prices of...
The March 2013 roundup includes details of the preliminary feasibility study on ASX-listed WPG Resources’ A$1.58-billion Giffen Well project, in South Australia; ASX-listed iron-ore miner Legacy...
Read about Forsys Metals’ “encouraging” results from a recent drilling campaign in Namibia; Jupiter Mines’ transport agreement with Transnet; and Balamara Resources’ invitation to attend...
This report provides an overview of the state of electricity generation and transmission in South Africa and examines electricity planning, investment in generation capacity, electricity tariffs,...
The myriad construction projects undertaken in South Africa, in preparation for the country’s hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, cushioned the local construction industry against the 2008 global...
The February 2013 roundup includes details of Minerals explorer Apollo Minerals’ farm-in agreement with Mincor Resources; the Western Australian government’s environmental approval for the...
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (or Nersa) announced on Thursday that Eskom would be allowed to increase electricity tariffs at an average yearly rate of 8% between 2013 and 2018. The...
Allowing South African companies to migrate to global stock exchanges has impacted negatively on South Africa’s own exchange, African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Gwede Mantashe...
The December 2012/January 2013 roundup includes details of the increased Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant resource at ASX-listed coal hopeful Atrum Coal’s flagship Groundhog project, in...
The December 2012/January 2013 report includes details of India’s Adani Mining’s environmental-impact statement for its $10-billion Carmichael coal mine and rail project, in Central Queensland;...
The December 2012/January 2013 roundup includes details of the addition of about two-billion tons of resource to iron-ore major Fortescue Metals’ portfolio; iron-ore developer Mindax’s...
Mining is a capital-intensive, long-term and high-risk business and international research shows that, after geology, policy certainty and predictability are the most important issues for mining...