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Zim govt report compliance progress to clean its diamond trade

afrol News, 19 November - The government of Zimbabwe has reported a breakthrough in the country’s diamond fields where the security forces had based.

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Natron community vows to protect the lake

afrol News, 26 October - Villagers around Tanzania’s Lake Natron have vowed to protect the lake and its treasure of Lesser Flamingos Phoeniconaias minor from industrial development, pointing out that their own future depends on the sustainable use of the lake.

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afrol News, 19 October - Hyperdynamics Corporation has today announced it has signed a letter of intent with Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum PLC under which the two companies will negotiate the assignment of a 23 percent participating interest in the oil and gas concession offshore the Republic of Guinea.

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afrol News, 25 September - The United States has enhanced its ability to promote revenue transparency around the world by contributing $6 million to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) trust fund facility.

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International community urged to refocus on security reforms in Eastern DRC

afrol News, 8 September - A report released today by the multi-donor Communities and Small Scale Mining initiative, has challenged recent suggestions that mineral trading in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the main cause of the ongoing conflict.

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» 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
» 22.02.2008 - Expelled firm's chief arraigned
» 20.02.2008 - Nigerian oil manager abducted
» 18.02.2008 - Militant group petitions Bush
» 14.02.2008 - Gambia probes expelled firm
» 08.02.2008 - Mbeki assures 2010 World Cup
» 30.01.2008 - Ford invests $140m in SA
» 28.01.2008 - Ghana shuns labour standard
» 25.01.2008 - Power cuts shut gold mines
» 21.01.2008 - Gambia discovers uranium
» 18.01.2008 - Huge diamonds found in DRC
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