POLITICAL ECONOMY

Australian investment into Africa continues to grow

Wednesday , 01 Sep 2010
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade got the three-day Africa Downunder Conference in Perth off to a diplomatic start by pointing to the growing number of Australian companies venturing into Africa.

Shabangu puts global markets on notice

Wednesday , 01 Sep 2010
South Africa needs to conduct its mining industry differently and wants value-added mineral operations to help lift the country's mining performance

Saskatchewan would have "lots of concerns" about a Chinese Potash Corp bid

Wednesday , 01 Sep 2010
The Canadian province, which is home to Potash Corp, says it would be concerned by a Chinese buyer whose interests obviously are to have very low prices

China could launch anti-monopoly probe into BHP Potash bid - Paper

Wednesday , 01 Sep 2010
Citing people familiar with the matter, the China Business News said Wednesday the country may consider a probe into the monopoly implications of the deal

Rescuers start escape shaft, lifeline brings videogames and child birth

Tuesday , 31 Aug 2010
The days after speaking to their families for the first time in 25 days being trapped in the mine, rescuers have begun digging an escape shaft that will pull the miners up one by one.

Exxaro to try and end wage strike

Tuesday , 31 Aug 2010
The South African miner says is has planned new talks with the National Union of Mineworkers to try and end a strike that began on August 23

Dog days in the DRC

Tuesday , 31 Aug 2010
International incidents: further detalis on the anatomy of the storming of First Quantum by the Congolese and their friends.

Trapped Chilean miners could be free in 60 days under Plan B rescue option

Monday , 30 Aug 2010
Chilean officials are considering several plans to rescue 33 Chilean copper and gold miners who have now been trapped underground for more than three weeks.

Building a modern China

Sunday , 29 Aug 2010
China is being built from the ground up and consuming massive amounts of commodities on the way, but where is it all going?

First Quantum 'relieved' of two more Congo copper mines

Friday , 27 Aug 2010
First Quantum has been given 24 hours to withdraw from its Frontier and Lonshi properties in the DRC, following the Kolwezi tailings debacle.

China's resource hunger, where to from here

Friday , 27 Aug 2010
China has, almost single handedly, supported global commodity markets through major growth as other economies have stuttered, how did it come to pass?

S. Korea, Bolivia ink preliminary MOU for lithium mine development

Thursday , 26 Aug 2010
South Korea may soon gain the right to help develop half of the world's lithium reserves which lie underneath the salt flats of Lake Uyuni in Bolivia.

South African mineworkers union against blanket mine nationalisation

Wednesday , 25 Aug 2010
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said Wednesday it is against the blanket nationalisation of mines and instead urged government to invest in the sector via a state-owned company

NASA, Navy to help rescue trapped Chilean miners

Wednesday , 25 Aug 2010
The Chilean government has turned to both astronauts and submariners to help ensure its miners, trapped at depth in a small space, get out alive

Somehow, Kumba also mines iron ore

Monday , 23 Aug 2010
After some less-than-favourable remarks by South Africa's minister of mines, one has to ask, is Kumba Iron Ore a victim of its own BEE successes?

Congo copper battle goes into overdrive

Monday , 23 Aug 2010
Reputations on the line as First Quantum says it will pursue "all legal remedies available to maintain its exclusive rights to the Kolwezi Project and Frontier mine", including against third parties.

AMEC sees moral ground to end Australia's mining tax

Monday , 23 Aug 2010
Amid the likelihood of a hung Parliament Australia's AMEC calls for government to remove all uncertainty and scrap a planned mining tax

Congo copper-cobalt deal in the light

Friday , 20 Aug 2010
London-based Kazakh miner, ENRC, buys control of controversial DRC assets for USD 175m effectively giving it control of former FQM and Africo properties.

Colombia's new coal port will begin operations toward end 2011

Friday , 20 Aug 2010
The country's vice president Friday, that the 28 million-tonne-per-year port, which will mainly be used by coal exporters will begin operations next year

South Africa: an inflection point?

Thursday , 19 Aug 2010
Returns on mining in the country continue falling to amongst the world's lowest.

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