The Liberia Gold Company has been fined L$4499.99 after failing on many occasions to honor an invitation served the company for the management to address itself to alleged bad labor practices at the company.

The 2002-2007 global mining boom is expected to resume by the end of 2010 and Government has a window of opportunity to prepare a conducive policy environment, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said.

Mining Minister Susan Shabangu is expected to visit the Harmony Gold mine, where 36 suspected illegal miners died at the weekend.

Small-scale businesses trading in basaltic stone, red ash and selected material sourced from areas around Addis Abeba but within the Oromia Regional State still have to wait for the green light from regional authorities to resume operations.

The federation will file a submission to the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) under section 77 of the act tomorrow , Cosatu regional secretary Tony Ehrenreich said yesterday.

Bloody clash between rival factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) at Sapon Motor Park, Abeokuta, yesterday, claimed one person identified as Mr Sina Olayiwola.

The setting is a danfo, parked under the sweltering heat of a particularly grumpy afternoon, the blazing orb kindling the metal encasement of the bus with a view to gradually barbecue the mass within.

THE National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has vowed to continue protesting outside the Reserve Bank for more and drastic interest rate cuts and plans to get more support for its demonstrations.

Not that last week's report from the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) was not timely. The new administration wants to make the creation of decent work opportunities the primary focus of its economic policies.

Investment opportunity: Agriculture and Agri-processing

HOW difficult it is for foreign investors to set up business in Uganda was once again proven by a High Court ruling last week. The High Court agreed with NEMA, the environmental body, that a Dutch investor was building a

The desperate need to find an alternative investor for the closed Luanshya Copper Mines (LCM) in Zambia's Copperbelt has not prevented some Zambians from fiercely opposing the government's decision to let Chinese-owned Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Company (NFCA) run the mine.

Local farmers who take loans to fund projects that represent investments along the agricultural chain will soon receive grants to boost their businesses, authorities have said.

The recent power supply problems in SA and the need to limit the country's historical reliance on coal and imported oil have put the spotlight on renewable energy sources.

South Africa is slowly moving towards exploring renewable energy sources, having set itself a target of three percent of energy being generated from renewable sources by 2013.

With Rwanda's energy bill soaring, some investors are planning to start producing methane gas from human and animal waste.

The price of petrol will increase by 17c/l , instead of the initial 16c/l that the department announced on Friday. The department said it had also revised the wholesale price of diesel.

Uganda's oil reserves could be as much as that of the Gulf countries, a senior official at the US Department of Energy has said.