Rockwell Diamonds Inc. reports on eight new prospecting permits granted by the South African Department of Minerals and Energy (”DME”). These new prospecting permits are located in the Middle Orange River area in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, and include a number of permits which are adjacent to the Company’s Wouterspan and [...]

AngloGold Ashanti reported an improved safety performance during the quarter, with the company operating a record 110 days without experiencing a fatal accident. The achievement of further safety improvements through initiatives such as the company’s ‘Safety is our first value’ campaign remains a top priority across the business. Since the introduction of the campaign in [...]

Uranium Hunter Corporation is pleased to announce that the company’s helicopter airborne magnetic and radiometric survey, conducted by New Resolution Geophysics (”NRG”) of South Africa, has concluded. The 1000 line kilometer survey flown over the Ruhuhu Concession, which is considered one of the most promising uranium sites in the world, aimed to delineate uranium [...]

Homeland Energy Group Ltd. is pleased to announce first coal production from its Kendal Mine in the Witbank area of South Africa, approximately 50km east of Johannesburg. To date, approximately 8,000 tonnes of coal has been mined from the first of three open pit areas. Processing of the coal through the Company’s Parnaby wash plant [...]

Dimension Resources Ltd. said it failed to get approval from the South African Reserve Bank to acquire a diamond-mining business in South Africa.
The company also said it did not get a company that produces oil for bio-diesel as it could not secure title to company’s assets.
The company reported it widened its full-year pretax net loss [...]

International companies have been asked to bid for a tender to extract coal in parts of Kitui and Mwingi districts.
The Ministry of Energy asked interested firms to bid for the last phase of the exploration in the Mui basin as part of efforts to determine the commercial viability of the reserves. This comes in the [...]

DIVERSIFIED and specialist chemical services group Omnia, which yesterday posted a 30% increase in headline earnings per share to 724,5c for the year ended March, said there was significant potential for its mining division to expand into Africa.
CEO Rod Humphris said: “We remain particularly bullish on prospects for coal and uranium mining as a host [...]

Mining and natural resource group Anglo American Plc. said Chris Griffith has been appointed chief executive officer of its Kumba Iron Ore unit effective July 1, replacing Ras Myburgh.
Griffith is currently responsible for all joint ventures operations at Anglo Platinum Ltd, which is 74.8 percent owned by Anglo American.
Myburgh is taking up a secondment with [...]

South Africa’s Nedbank Capital said on Wednesday it had acquired Mining Capital Equipment, a unit of U.S drilling services group Boart Longyear , through a leveraged buyout.
Nedbank Capital, a unit of banking group Nedbank , bought the unit for an undisclosed amount with black empowerment group Matasis Investment Holdings and management.
“The business is focused and [...]

Strategic Natural Resources Plc., set up as a vehicle to develop, own and manage natural resource extraction enterprises in South Africa, said it has received permission to start opencast mining for coal on a 1.5 hectare site in the Elitheni prospecting area.
The company said permission has been granted by the South African Department of Minerals [...]