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afrol News, 11 January - Riversdale Mining has announced it has received the approval of its mining activities in Mozambique following the completition an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) last year.

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» 08.12.2009 - Arms and minerals’ smuggling still rife in DRC, report
» 04.12.2009 - Sierra Leone gets $4.0 million for reforms
» 01.12.2009 - World Food buys gold mines in Ghana
» 26.11.2009 - Zimbabwe facing global diamond ban
» 19.11.2009 - Zim govt report compliance progress to clean its diamond trade
» 26.10.2009 - Natron community vows to protect the lake
» 19.10.2009 - New partnership in Guinea's oil and gas concession
» 25.09.2009 - US contributes $6 million to EITI
» 08.09.2009 - International community urged to refocus on security reforms in Eastern DRC
» 08.09.2009 - Volta signs purchase intent for Kiaka gold project in Burkina Faso
» 26.08.2009 - Lake Natron faces renewed threat from soda-ash mining
» 21.07.2009 - Miners killed after a shaft collapse
» 09.07.2009 - HRW denounced use of oil revenues in E/Guinea
» 07.07.2009 - A major boost for Gold mining in Ghana
» 02.06.2009 - Over 60 illegal miners die in abandoned SA shaft
» 19.05.2009 - Zambia sets up oil exploration committee
» 19.05.2009 - Angola intensifies security at DRC border to halt diamond smuggling
» 18.05.2009 - More Africa states join the global extractives transparency initiative
» 08.05.2009 - Chinese company takes over another Zambian closed copper mine
» 28.04.2009 - Guinea to relieve pressures in mining sector
» 17.04.2009 - Uranium mining to boost Malawi's export earnings
» 07.04.2009 - Banning minerals trade could be disastrous – report
» 31.03.2009 - Operation to rescue mineworkers in Tanzania continues
» 27.03.2009 - Camara demands work plan for mining companies
» 24.03.2009 - Gold mining giants allowed to re-open in Guinea
» 23.03.2009 - AngloGold ordered to shut mine in Guinea
» 20.03.2009 - Tanzania to introduce reforms in the mining sector
» 10.03.2009 - Nigeria’s main oil exporter halts operations after attacks
» 26.02.2009 - Gloomy outlook for global mining industry
» 24.02.2009 - Dana discovers 100 billion cubic feet of gas
» 28.01.2009 - Repsol makes gas discoveries in Algeria's Sahara desert
» 11.12.2008 - "Mining crisis" in DRC's Katanga province
» 10.12.2008 - Another DRC copper mine closed
» 20.11.2008 - Investments pour into Sierra Leone mining
» 19.11.2008 - DRC copper, cobalt mining halted
» 14.11.2008 - SA wildlife paradise "endangered"
» 03.11.2008 - SA platinum mining faces possible mass lay-offs
» 29.10.2008 - Victory for Botswana bushmen as mining company withdraws
» 29.10.2008 - French oil company plans to exploit tar sands in Congo
» 27.10.2008 - SA Mining giants warned of deteriorating safety
» 17.10.2008 - South African gold mines resume operations
» 16.10.2008 - South Africa shuts two of continent largest gold mines
» 06.10.2008 - Botswana and Namibia voted less risky resource development African states
» 23.09.2008 - Lesotho unearths 478 carats stone
» 22.09.2008 - Botswana diamond rift ends
» 19.09.2008 - ICG cites ways to end Niger-Delta crisis
» 15.09.2008 - Tanzania approves 4 exploration farm-ins
» 10.09.2008 - Shallow oil deposits discovered in west Uganda
» 09.09.2008 - Petra buys majority shares in Tanzanian mine
» 05.09.2008 - British engineer jumps Gambian jurisdiction
» 02.09.2008 - South Africa, Venezuela ready to sign energy deal
» 29.08.2008 - World class uranium deposits discovered in Namibia
» 22.08.2008 - Niger extends state of alert
» 19.08.2008 - Ethiopia, Yemeni agreed on oil and gas exploration
» 11.08.2008 - Mudslide kills 31 illegal miners
» 11.08.2008 - 4 million litres of diesel offloaded in Zambia
» 06.08.2008 - Nigeria wants to boost oil production
» 05.08.2008 - Shell Nigerian affiliate seals new gas deal
» 05.08.2008 - Tanzanians lead own mining development
» 04.08.2008 - Guinea rescinds $10 billion iron-ore project
» 01.08.2008 - Libya says oil price plunge is "temporal"
» 01.08.2008 - 'Cushion poor against high power tariffs'
» 31.07.2008 - Call for probe into Niger-China oil deal
» 28.07.2008 - BP secures Angola's $10 billion oil developments
» 24.07.2008 - Swiss protests Libyan retaliation
» 16.07.2008 - South African gold miners down tools
» 14.07.2008 - Congo's mining renegotiation faulted
» 14.07.2008 - Namibia registers record inflation
» 26.06.2008 - Nigeria's insurgents threaten to call off ceasefire
» 26.06.2008 - Gambia gets "huge" iron ore
» 24.06.2008 - Libya seals 30 year deal on oil exploration
» 20.06.2008 - UN extends Liberia embargo
» 16.06.2008 - Uganda adamant to refine oil
» 13.06.2008 - Botswana regrets Activox flop
» 10.06.2008 - Ghana oil find commercial by 2010
» 10.06.2008 - Nigeria gears to lead steel production in Africa
» 05.06.2008 - Russian oil company invests US$ 100m in Ghana
» 05.06.2008 - Global shipping shies away from Western Sahara phosphates
» 05.06.2008 - Corruption derails Nigeria's growth
» 02.06.2008 - Skills shortage plagues Namibia's mining industry
» 23.05.2008 - Ghana agrees to slice fuel tax
» 22.05.2008 - Nigeria owed $1.91 billion oil funds
» 16.05.2008 - Nigeria oil blast kills 100
» 15.05.2008 - SA produces record diamond
» 14.05.2008 - US vessel hijacked in Nigeria
» 02.05.2008 - Equatorial Guinean leader tops Africa's media predators
» 18.04.2008 - Ghana’s CPP warns against "new scramble for Africa"
» 18.04.2008 - Russia scraps Libya's debt
» 14.04.2008 - Botswana bushmen cry for water
» 03.04.2008 - Cameroon contracts oil deal
» 31.03.2008 - Niger rebels seize village
» 20.03.2008 - W. Sahara talks continues
» 07.03.2008 - Rioting Zambia miners sacked
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