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Irish Mining Firm, Kenmare Resources, Announces Significant Increase in the Production of Heavy Mineral Concentrate in Mozambique
The Irish mining firm, Kenmare Resources, has announced a significant increase in the production of a heavy mineral concentrate (HMC), from which titanium and zirconium minerals are extracted, during the third quarter of 2011 from its dredge mine in Moma...
550 Carat Letšeng Diamond Sold for $16.5 Million
The latest discovery of Lesotho’s diamond mine, Letšeng, called “Letšeng Star” with a weight of 550 carat has been sold to an undisclosed buyer for $16.5 million, Letšeng Diamonds company said in a press release.
Elenilto Minerals And Sesa Goa Jointly Invest $2.6b in Iron Ore Deposits in Western Liberia
Elenilto Minerals and India’s largest private sector producer and exporter of iron ore, Sesa Goa, are to jointly invest $2.6 billion in the Western Cluster iron ore deposits in western Liberia, Elenilto said in a press statement APA received Wednesday.
Indian Company to Buy Mining Cluster in Liberia
India’s Sesa Goa limited has announced that it has signed a deal with the Israeli company Elenilto Minerals and Mining LLC for the purchase of a 51 percent stake in its cluster mining concession in the west of Liberia for $90 million.
Australia’s Riversdale Mining Ltd to Begin Mozambique Coal Production in 2014
Riversdale Mining Ltd, an Australian mining company, will start production at its Zambeze coal project in Mozambique in 2014, the local media said here on Thursday quoting David West, its principal geologist in the southern African country. How People...
Rare Earth Elements Not So Rare in U.S.
Approximately 13 million metric tons of rare earth elements (REE) exist within known deposits in the United States, according to the first-ever nationwide estimate of these elements by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Land And Mineral Rights Conflict in Zambia
Mining prospectors in Luapula Province, northern Zambia, have forced small-scale farmers from their land at gun point, according to villagers in the region. How People Arrived Here: land region of mansa zambia
Expedition to Mid-Cayman Rise Identifies Unusual Variety of Deep Sea Vents
The first expedition to search for deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the Mid-Cayman Rise has turned up three distinct types of hydrothermal venting, reports an interdisciplinary team led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in this week’s Proceedings...
