Alrosa Zimbabwe (Alrosa Zim), a joint venture (JV) between Russian diamond miner Alrosa and Zimbabwe State-owned miner Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), has started prospecting and preliminary exploration works for primary diamond deposits. After getting special grants from the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, Alrosa Zim had the environmental-impact
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In response to a letter from the Equitable Access Campaign (EAC), published by Mining Weekly on June 26 – which highlighted the plight of small-scale marine diamond miners operating off the coast of Alexander Bay – Sable Metals & Minerals CEO James Allan reiterates that a panel should be appointed
LSE-listed Petra Diamonds is selling its exploration assets in Botswana, held through Sekaka Diamonds, to Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds (BOD) for $300 000 and a 5% royalty on future revenues. The exploration assets include the KX36 diamond discovery, along with two adjacent prospecting licences and a diamond processing plant.
“KX36 is the most significant diamond discovery in Botswana since Orapa and Jwaneng,” says James Campbell, Managing Director of botswana Diamonds. The post Botswana Diamonds to acquire KX36 Diamond discovery appeared first on Miningreview.com.
Nominations for the Mining Elites in Africa 2021 publication, produced by Mining Review Africa are now open. Submit your nominations for the leaders and projects truly making a difference in the African mining sector. The post Mining Elites in Africa 2021: Nominations now open appeared first on Miningreview.com.
South Africa’s ‘historic dumps’ – mine dumps created prior to the promulgation of the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) which took effect in 2004 – do not appear to be regulated under the MPRDA, and the common law owners of such dumps do not require a right under