THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has embarked on special audits of mining companies to understand operational issues and other costs in the sector to ensure that the Government collects all the revenue due to it in taxes.

Hana Mining, a Canadian explorer developing a rich copper and silver mining operation in Ghanzi, this week snapped up 70 percent shareholding in Stellent, making it the majority shareholder of the Ghanzi operation.

The two out of the four mining employees who were trapped underground following a rockfall at Harmony Gold's Target Mine in the Free State have been brought to safety.

So far this year, the Brazilian mining giant Vale has invested 345 million US dollars in coal mining operations in Moatize, in the western Mozambican province of Tete, and by the end of the year the sum may reach 500

Athi River Mining Ltd (ARM) will consolidate its divisions into two wholly owned subsidiaries as it moves to focus on its core business as a cement maker.

The Chamber of Mines has entered the heated debate on the composition and role of the proposed national planning commission, arguing business and labour should be permanently represented on it.

Exploration for crude oil in Kenya dates back to the 1950s; the first exploratory well was sunk in 1960.

The Ajaokuta Steel Plant and National Iron Ore Mining Project (NIOMP), Itakpe workers' 10-month salaries were settled this week.

BRC Diamondcore, the Toronto- and JSE- listed diamond miner and explorer, last week sold its South African subsidiary, Diamond Core Resources, to an undisclosed buyer for 5000.

Delays in granting licences for mineral prospecting and operations is threatening to erode investor confidence in Kenya.

The foresight to fit their Terex TS40 motor scraper with a tyre pressure monitoring system (TMS), as part of a tyre-management programme with Wakefield-based Earth Mover Tyres, has saved Ferrybridge power station both expense and downtime when a wheel bearing

Anglo Platinum's Rustenburg Section is currently undergoing an era of change with a number of reserve replacement projects still underway to extend the life of some of the oldest platinum mines in South Africa. The Townlands Ore Replacement Project (TORP)