THE Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation is holding discussions with a South African company to reopen the Kamativi Tin Mine.

CANADIAN-owned Heritage Oil has announced plans to drill 10 more oil wells in Murchison Falls National Park in northern Uganda.

Fresh reports indicate that the rag-tag rebel outfit, Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) continues to illegally exploit minerals in Eastern DR Congo.

THE Government has appealed against the High Court ruling barring the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation from prospecting and mining activities in Chiadzwa diamond fields.

The International Conference on Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) has called on stakeholders to come up with a mechanism of regulating the exploitation of minerals in the region.

PLATINUM development company Wesizwe Platinum said yesterday plans for the development of its Frischgewaagd platinum mine near Sun City in North West had been put on ice because of the company's failure to secure sufficient funding.

KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) exported 74,930 tonnes of copper concentrates while Mopani Copper Mines PLC exported 54,814 tonnes of copper cathodes between January and June this year.

A rare 507 carat white diamond was discovered at the Cullinan Mine near Pretoria.

With about 34 minerals identified in commercial quantity at various locations across the country, Nigeria is now strongly focused on economic diversification, offering opportunities to international mining companies and investors to take advantage of her "virgin mining" sector.

Civil society organisations, representatives of tin mine-impacted communities met recently in Jos, Plateau State to review the state of environment and living in the region.

COAL producer, Tuli Coal Mine (Private) Limited has produced 15 000 tonnes of coal at its Beitbridge mine in a move that is expected to ease coal shortages on the market.

Last Thursday the High Court ruled that a UK based firm, African Consolidated Resources (ARC), is the legal owner of the Marange diamond fields, controversially taken over by the army. The company posted a statement on its website announcing the