Desperate for investment to lift its moribund economy, the Zimbabwe government welcomed hundreds of prospective mining investors to a conference in Harare this week.

A report on the mining industry in Botswana has castigated the government of Botswana and diamond giant, Debswana of oppressing communities living in mining areas.

Australian nickel miner, Albidon, is set to resume exploration under its Selebi- Phikwe prospecting licence after a six-month hiatus caused by the fall in global nickel prices.

Promoters of the Boseto Copper project, Discovery Metals Limited, have announced its financial results for the financial year ended June 30, 2009, with a more than 75 percent increase in both total assets and equity.

On the crust top of Simbili Hills in the Tonkolili district and in the company of ministry officials and African Minerals executives, minister of mineral resources Alhaji Alpha Kanu broke the news - tens of billions of tones of iron

Bisha Mining Share Company is very pleased to announce that it has entered into metal sales contracts for its future gold ore and copper concentrate production at the Bisha Mine in Eritrea. Pricing for all metals will be fixed at