Global industry acts to shield gold’s reputation from effects of conflict

It is estimated that as many as five-million people lost their lives in the civil war that convulsed the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from 1994 to 2003. Although most of the country then achieved peace, conflict continued in the eastern part...

Global industry acts to shield gold’s reputation from effects of conflict

It is estimated that as many as five million people lost their lives in the civil war that convulsed the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from 1994 to 2003.

Family trust provides hope for DRC mining communities

The Gertler Family Foundation (GFF), started by the Dan Gertler family in 2007, plans to expand its social work in and around mining areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2013 by forging more partnerships with local organisations and...

Over 60 miners dead in Congo shaft collapse – officials

At least 60 miners were killed when a shaft collapsed in a remote part of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where local armed groups complicated rescue efforts, officials said on Thursday. The local miners were digging for gold in shafts...

Africa

Tenders for work in the rest of Africa excluding South Africa

Africa

Tenders for work in the rest of Africa excluding South Africa

AFRICA

Tenders for work in the rest of Africa excluding South Africa

AFRICA

Tenders for work in the rest of Africa excluding South Africa

AFRICA

Tenders for work in the rest of Africa excluding South Africa

Namakwa poised to become Lesotho’s biggest diamond producer – CEO

London-listed junior Namakwa Diamonds has completed its strategic restructuring and expects to become net-cash generative in the second half of the 2012 financial year, CEO Richard Collocott said on Thursday. The company started production from...

AFRICA

Tenders for work in the rest of Africa excluding South Africa

Global Witness pulls out of blood diamond scheme

Campaign group Global Witness has pulled out of the Kimberley Process, a scheme designed to prevent "blood diamonds" from entering the mainstream market, calling the scheme outdated and a failure, almost nine years after its launch. In a damning...