Company highlights importance of water reuse for Namibian mining industry

Water recycling is of the utmost importance in the Namibian mining industry, as the country is severely affected by drought and shortages of potable water, says water and chemical treatment solutions provider Aqua Services & Engineering (ASE) MD...

Télimélé iron project, Guinea

A concept study completed on the project envisages a start-up operation of 2.5-million tons a year of direct shipping ore iron product.

Avocet sticks to guidance but cost worries spook shares

Concerns about cash burn and a weak gold price outweighed broadly in-line first quarter gold production at West-Africa focused Avocet Mining, dragging its shares to near record lows on Thursday. At 0730 GMT, Avocet shares were trading down more...

Mining magnate Motsepe eyes Guinea iron-ore

Patrice Motsepe, the South African mining magnate and executive chairperson of African Rainbow Minerals has plans to invest in Guinea's iron-ore industry, he told reporters after meeting Guinea's president Alpha Conde on Friday. Motsepe, South...

Vale's former iron man sets sights on Africa

At the helm of Brazil's Vale for a decade, Roger Agnelli turned the conservative iron ore producer into a global heavyweight. Now, he is back in the game. The 53-year-old, ousted from Vale two years ago, is betting on the world's hunger for...

Guinea detains official from Israeli miner in corruption probe

Authorities in Guinea have detained a senior official with the local unit of Israeli mining firm BSG Resources (BSGR) and are questioning him over corruption allegations, an official familiar with the case said on Sunday. Ibrahima Sory Toure, a...

Iron-ore growth not beneficial to all

While demand for iron-ore is expected to grow during 2013, the current boom in prices has been partially supported by a restocking phase in China, which will eventually end, states metals and minerals information provider Roskill Information...

New significant ironstone discoveries confirmed at Télimélé

ASX-listed Nemex Resources has intersected new ironstone mineralisation, similar to that at the Boulere resource area, through reconnaissance drilling across large parts of its flagship Télimélé iron project, in west Guinea. The drilling...

Study confirms Guinea project viability - Nemex

A concept study by ASX-listed Nemex Resources on its Télimélé iron project, in Guinea, has confirmed the economic viability of the project. “We are delighted with the results of the concept study, that suggests that Nemex could develop a...

Company Announement: Terex Construction Announces First Dealer in West Africa

Zero48 distributes Terex construction equipment in Guinea through its local subsidiary company IBS Sarl

Stellar Diamonds increases Jorc-compliant resources

In the six months ended December 2012, London-listed Stellar Diamonds increased the Joint Ore Reserves Committee (Jorc)-compliant inferred resources for its Tongo and Droujba projects to 1.07-million and 2.92-million carats, respectively, pushing...

Resource nationalism thread weaving its way through African continent

Mining law specialist Peter Leon took the opportunity to tell the story of the growth of resource nationalism on the continent of Africa when he addressed MineAfrica’s 11th annual seminar in Toronto last week. Webber Wentzel’s Africa mining...