African dictator ‘gave Naomi Campbell a blood diamond' Zeenews Melbourne: Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia, gave a "blood diamond" to charm supermodel Naomi Campbell, according to war crimes prosecutors. | A "blood diamond" usually refers to a gem mined in an African war zone and sold to pay for weapons or armed rebellion. | Taylor is on trial in an ...
More positive results on copper-gold project for high-flyer Sandfire Mineweb PERTH - | Shares in Sandfire Resources closed today 18 cents up at $A3.60 ($US3.12) as a prelude to the company preparing its first JORC Code resource for the Doolgunna project north of Meekatharra in the north Murchison region. | There ha...
New mining development critical to Nunavut economic growth Mineweb RENO, NV - | Canada's newest territory of Nunavut may soon get its first operating mine as Agnico-Eagle's Meadowbank gold project is poised to begin production this quarter. | However, Baffinland Iron Mines' Mary River iron ore project sti...
Exxaro (and other) iron ore wannabes Mineweb JOHANNESBURG - | Johannesburg-listed Exxaro, with interests in coal, mineral sands and base metals, this week told the Indaba mining conference in Cape Town that it was "pursuing several iron ore and ferrous opportunities, building on inte...
Eskom hikes will hit SA mines - Cynthia Carroll Mineweb CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - | South Africa's mining sector needs to work closely with utility Eskom to find ways of cutting power consumption in the face of planned steep rises in electricity prices, the head of Anglo American Plc said. | Eskom...
DRC looking at new gemstone laws - Mines Minister Mineweb CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - | Democratic Republic of Congo was looking at special laws for its gemstones sector after taking steps to transform its mining industry, Minister of Mines Martin Labilo said on Tuesday. | The DRC, which boasts an abun...
Guyana's miners launch protest against tree-felling restrictions Mineweb GEORGETOWN (Reuters) - | Hundreds of gold and diamond miners in Guyana's main mining town on Monday protested against restrictions on tree felling proposed by the government as part of a $250 million forest-saving carbon deal with Norway. ...
BRC, Rio Tinto to explore iron ore Business Report | Submit your comment | BRC DiamondCore, the African-focused diamond explorer active in South Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Friday announced that it has entered into an agreement with Rio Tinto Minerals Development for th...
The miners the world forgot Mineweb JOHANNESBURG - | Whatever happened to Bonaparte Diamonds, Nordic Diamonds, Cons Global Diamonds, Motapa Diamonds, and what seems to be happening to Archangel Diamonds, and what's going down at Snowfield? These are some of the names in the ...
Australian explorer has bigger ideas for Greenland zinc Mineweb PERTH - | Ironbark Zinc which was one of the new junior explorers put in a spotlight in Perth mining circles about three four years ago after it had picked up the Greenland project dropped by a Canadian company in an earlier flat period fo...
Inside Sandfire Resources 7000% surge, and other exciting tales Mineweb JOHANNESBURG - | It's not too shabby when the value of a listed stock screams up from USD 5m to USD 425m over a 12-month period. That's the short story of Sandfire Resources, which has risen to the top of global mining's exploration cream...
Drogba¡¦s brace sends Chelsea top Taipei Times | Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-0 on Sunday to stay ahead of Manchester United in the race for the Premier League title. | Didier Drogba scored twice in the first 23 minutes to establish a dominance that Arsenal were unable to overturn, despite an improved second-half performance. | ¡§Arsenal played well and we are happy with those two goals,¡¨ Drogba sai...
Centre sets hopes on Rabi to save farming Deccan Chronicle Centre sets hopes on Rabi to save farming | Feb. 8: One number that may be of interest to consumers hit by high food prices is the change in agriculture GDP. | The government’s figure of a 0.2 per cent drop have surprised many. After a poor monsoon in 2009, the kharif crop, which is planted during the rains, suffered badly. However, a marginal de...
