South African labour minister Mildred Oliphant

South African labour minister Mildred Oliphant is to meet with two major trade union federations this weekend to discuss the union rivalry currently causing disruptions in the mining sector.

Conceptual design of a natural gas liquefication facility ‒ legislation is under way to allow such facilities in Mozambiqiue

The government of Mozambique is adding to the country’s geological database with a view to launching new tenders later this year for the concession of oil and gas prospecting blocks in the country.

The portal at Anglo’s Unki platinum mine in Zimbabwe

The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe says tighter proposed state control over the sale of minerals would hit Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and Impala Platinum Holdings  (Implats), slow down foreign investment and stunt growth in the Zimbabwean mining industry.

Kampala ‒ Ugandan capital and base of the East Africa Business Week

China’s Guangzhou Dong-song Energy Group has negotiated a 49-year lease to mine the phosphates deposits in eastern Uganda. Estimated total deposits stand at 230 million tonnes and cover an area of 26 square kilometres.

South African finance minister Pravin Gordhan

South African finance minister Pravin Gordhan says that mining companies, the government and the labour unions need to end disputes that are halting mine operations and have pushed the rand to a four-year low to the dollar.

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.