The top copper marketing executive at Rio Tinto Ltd. will take over as the head of Oyu Tolgoi, the giant Mongolian copper and gold mine controlled by Rio Tinto, Oyu Tolgoi said on Wednesday. Oyu Tolgoi’s board, including three new Mongolian members, approved the...
The annual miners’ conference which took place in Manila was accompanied by high security and the customary annual protests. Pickets outside the venue called for the immediate withdrawal of all military and paramilitary troops from mining areas and for the...
Glencore Xstrata to pursue $3bn iron ore project in Congo Mega miner Glencore Xstrata and London-listed junior partner Zanaga Iron Ore Company have decided to move forward with the assessment of their vast iron ore mining project in the Republic of Congo, which may...
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd said toxic waste it spilled recently affected 1.6 kilometres (1 mile) of a tributary of South Africa’s Vaal River in at least the second leak from its Mine Waste Solutions unit in the past five months. See...
London-listed African Minerals Ltd gravely missed its predictions for output in 2012, but the country’s large miners are gearing up for expansion as smaller ones are told to use or lose their licences. As Sierra Leone plans to unleash a new wave of regulators...
Only three weeks after London-listed African Barrick announced it was replacing its CEO Greg Hawkins, Tanzania’s largest gold company said Chief Operating Officer Marco Zolezzi has also decided to hit the trail. In a short statement, the firm said the recently...
