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Montepuez Ruby Mining is due in June in Singapore to hold its fourth auction of rubies in the rough mined in Mozambique, company director Rami Raimundo Pachinuapa said cited by Mozambican daily newspaper Notícias. Pachinuapa said this auction would provide revenue of US$50 million, after a previous auction held in …
Read More »Construction advances at Zim Tungsten mine
The fabrication of the process plant for Aim-listed Premier African Minerals’ 49%-owned RHA tungsten project, in Zimbabwe, is expected to be completed by the end of May. The majority of the plant components had been delivered to Appropriate Process Technologies (APT), in Johannesburg, with the main outstanding component being the …
Read More »Congo copper and gold production jumps in Q
Copper and gold production in Democratic Republic of Congo rose sharply in the first quarter of 2015, despite continuing uncertainty about a proposed revision of the mining code.Congo, which vies with Zambia to be Africa’s leading copper producer, mined 279 573 t of the metal during the quarter, according to …
Read More »Areva remains committed to Namibia despite depressed Uranium Prices
DESPITE a weak uranium oxide price and the perception that the Trekkopje mine in Erongo has closed down, Areva Resources Namibia remains committed to eventually being a major contributor to the national economy and social enhancement.This was the message of the company’s managing director Hilifa Mbako at the launch of …
Read More »Kwale performance keeps up – Base
Mineral sands miner Base Resources has reported another solid quarter from its Kwale project, in Kenya, with heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) production up 24% over the previous quarter, from 166 000 t to 206 000 t.The miner said on Friday that a focus on debottlenecking the wet processing plant’s capacity had enabled …
Read More »Triton Minerals establishes strategic alliance to explore graphite in Mozambique
Australian company Triton Minerals has signed an agreement to establish a strategic alliance for Mozambique with the AMG Mining AG group through its subsidiary GK Ancuabe Graphite Mine, the company said in a statement issued Tuesday. The strategic alliance has an initial validity of two years, during which the parties will …
Read More »DRC Congo copper lead over Zambia
Zambia’s neighbour, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire is a vast mineral rich country and one of the world’s wealthiest, yet its population wallows in unimaginable squalor of poverty. The Central African nation is host to a variety of minerals such as, Diamonds, Gold, Coltan (vital material for …
Read More »Australia’s Mozambi Resources starts graphite exploration in Mozambique
Australian company Mozambi Resources will carry out the initial work of graphite exploration in two license areas in the province of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, the company said in a statement issued Tuesday. The two license areas are located in the vicinity of concessions with high quality graphite deposits of Triton Minerals …
Read More »Mining firm studies battery grade graphite production in Tanzania
KIBARAN Resources has started a high level study into the production of battery grade spherical graphite from its Epanko Project within the broader Mahenge Project in Tanzania. This will also evaluate the feasibility of establishing a spherical graphite manufacturing facility in Dar es Salaam. Recent testwork confirmed that both the …
Read More »Sale of Richland’s Tanzanite mining assets concluded in Tanzania
THE London-listed Richland Resources this week closed the sale of its tanzanite mining unit, beneficiation and tsavorite licence interests in Tanzania to Sky Associates for US$ 5.1 million. The gemstone mining company revealed on Wednesday that it had completed its exit from Tanzania with the receipt of US$5.1 million from …
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