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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 …

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 …

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 …

The 2015 West and Central Africa (WaCA) Mining Summit and Expo, which will be held at the Accra International Convention Centre, in Ghana, on May 20 and 21, will focus on ways to mitigate the challenges facing the mining industry in these two regions.The summit’s theme – A Premier Showcase of …

GOVERNMENT says it is in the process of decentralising applications for mining rights and renewal of licences to help grow Zambia’s mining sector to enable it become competitive on the international market.Minister of Mines, Energy and Water Development Christopher Yaluma said application for mining rights and renewal of licences will …