The Federal Government of Nigeria will soon start granting a backlog of new mining licences and will complete a review of existing licences aimed at weeding out speculators by the end of October.

Liberia has taken another giant step in complying with new standards of managing its extractive industries under the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The Head of the Initiative congratulated the Government, the private sector in the extractive industries and activists

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mrs Deziani Allison-Madueke, has promised that the 10-month arrears of salaries of workers of Ajaokuta Steel Company will be paid soon.

THE Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation has said Central African Mining and Exploration Company, an associate shareholder in Todal Mining, holds the legitimate mineral rights to the disputed Bougai and platinum reserves, near Gweru, along Zimbabwe's Great Dyke mineral belt.

Liberia has taken another giant step in complying with new standards of managing its extractive industries under the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The Head of the Initiative congratulated the Government, the private sector in the extractive industries and activists

Embattled diamond junior, DiamonEx Limited has announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell 80 percent of its Botswana subsidiary to its bondholders in return for acquiring all of its liabilities.

State security agents and riot police have been active in Zvishavane, forcing striking workers at the Shabanie Mine to go back to work. Only last week police opened fire on hundreds of striking workers at the mine who were protesting

The Zamfara State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed Maru has ordered the arrest of Chinese miners who engage in mineral exploration at Gwargawo village in Maradun Local Government Area.

People and the environment in the vicinity of the North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania are being exposed to heavy metals and cyanide pollution, according to a report published in June for the Christian Council of Tanzania (CCT). The study

THE Government on Thursday evening told Parliament that Lumwana open pit mine in North-Western Province had a life span of 37 years while Mopani Copper Mine (MCM) in Kitwe is at 35 years.

The solid minerals sector can generate 20 million jobs, Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mrs Deziani Alison-Madueke, has said.