Nationalization agendas will take a bite out of industry revenues
Vancouver— Indonesia’s new indigenization legislation aimed at foreign mining companies opens another chapter in a resource-nationalization saga amongst developing countries.
Africa
What’s next for Ethiopian Potash?
David Wahl, former president and chief executive of Ethiopian Potash (FED-V), in an early March interview said he aimed to keep the drills turning, construction going, and results flowing from the Danakil potash project in northern Ethiopia,…
Great Basin sees stronger future for troubled Burnstone mine
Vancouver – Struggling miner Great Basin Gold (GBG-T) got a much needed share price boost after releasing production and exploration updates on its two operating gold mines.
Graphite: Hot commodity or hyped commodity?
Lithium and rare earth metals became the “it” commodities in the mining industry over the last few years, and now there is a growing consensus among industry watchers that graphite is set to take the stage in their wake.
‘Rediscoveries’ among featured projects at Roundup 2012
Modern technologies combined with robust metal prices helped generate many of the domestic and international exploration successes featured at Mineral Exploration Roundup hosted by the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME…
Kilo juggles projects in the DRC, Afghanistan
In late January Kilo Goldmines (KGL-V) announced that its iron ore joint-venture project with Rio Tinto (RIO-N) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the potential to host direct shipping ore. In the same announcement the junior…
New discovery moves Volta upwards
A new discovery at its Kiaka gold project in Burkina Faso has had explorer Volta Resources (VTR-T) riding high.
Lumwana’s margins below Barrick’s expectations
Half a year in, Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) newly purchased Lumwana copper mine in Zambia has done little to rebut the critics who denounced Barrick’s contentious and expensive move into copper through its June 2011 takeover of…
Doubled Hassai resource creates buzz for La Mancha
Exposed sulphide mineralization appears at the bottom of 12 out of 16 oxide pits that make up La Mancha Resources’ (LMA-T) Hassai gold-copper mining complex in the remote desert of northern Sudan. And a new resource estimate based on…
Frontier eyes 2015 start-up at Zandkopsdrift REE project
A preliminary economic study (PEA) on Frontier Rare Earths’ (FRO-T) Zandkopsdrift rare earth element deposit in South Africa predicts that it could be a high-margin specialty minerals producer, churning out 20,000 tonnes of separated rare…
Winds of change blow for Anooraq and Amplats at Bokoni
Twin tragedies bookended four months of turbulence and change at the Bokoni platinum mine in South Africa’s Limpopo province.
Implats faces violence in South Africa, threat of losing assets in Zimbabwe
Tensions remain high at the world’s largest platinum mine, as a second miner has been killed and strike action continues for a fifth week.