Vale coal operations at Moatize in Mozambique

Brazilian multinational diversified metals and mining corporation Vale SA ‒ the world’s biggest iron-ore producer and second-largest mining company ‒ says it has recommenced the transport of coal from its Moatize mine in the north-western province of Tete in Mozambique.

Anglo American Platinum’s Marikana mine

Some miners at Anglo American Platinum Ltd. (AMS) plan to strike should the world’s biggest producer of the metal not drop by tomorrow a proposal to cut as many as 6,000 jobs. The shares fell to the lowest since August 2005.

A 41.31-carat light yellow stone recovered at Wouterspan

TSX and JSE-listed Rockwell Diamonds Incorporated ‒ focused on creating a growth-oriented, mid-tier diamond mining and development company ‒ says its Wouterspan mine in South Africa has indicated positive economics ‒ sufficient to take the project to the detailed design stage.

Plans for a strike over retrenchments at Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) have been suspended, according to the workers' committee, and miners reported for duty this morning despite earlier calls for a strike by some union leaders.

ASX-listed and Australian-based Tawana Resources ‒ which has reinvented itself from a Southern African diamond explorer into a Liberian-focused iron ore and gold explorer ‒ is undertaking a strategic review of potential financing and partnership options to advance development of its Mofe Creek iron ore project in Liberia.

Ivan Glasenberg, CEO, Glencore International

After years of on-off talks, months of brinksmanship and often bitter negotiations, Glencore's head Ivan Glasenberg gets to complete the US$30 billion acquisition of Xstrata today ‒ the mining industry's biggest takeover yet.