Johannesburg, South Africa --- MININGREVIEW.COM --- 02 February 2012 - Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) ‒ the world’s second-largest producer of the precious metal ‒ is moving ahead with action against the striking workforce which has refused to return to work at its Rustenburg operations.

London, England --- MININGREVIEW.COM --- 02 February 2012 - Rough diamond prices have now stabilised after falling from the highs reached in June, according to the newly-published Petra Diamonds interim trading update.

Petra is a leading independent diamond mining group and an increasingly important supplier of rough diamonds to the international market. “Its direct observation is that the market stabilised in December 2011 and, going into 2012, the company expects this trend to continue,” said CEO Johan Dippenaar.

Fremantle, Australia --- MININGREVIEW.COM --- 02 February 2012 -  Baobab Resources plc (Baobab) ‒ an Australian-based, AIM-listed exploration company focused on Mozambique ‒ says it has had positive results from its iron ore prospecting drive in the country.

The company’s activities are focused in Mozambique’s Tete province, where it is prospecting for iron ore deposits.

Perth, Australia --- MININGREVIEW.COM --- 02 February 2012 - Anvil Mining Limited has announced that in a unanimous decision rendered in Montreal, the Québec Court of Appeal has dismissed court proceedings initiated in November 2010 against the company by the Canadian Association Against Impunity, a group of NGOs.

London, England --- MININGREVIEW.COM --- 01 February 2012 - International mining giant Rio Tinto has accepted a bid from China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corporation (CGNPC) for its 11.1% stake in Kalahari Minerals ‒ a top shareholder in one of the world’s largest uranium projects.

Johannesburg, South Africa --- MININGREVIEW.COM --- 01 February 2012 - Dual-listed gold explorer, developer and producer Gold One International Limited has set its production forecast for 2012 at 300,000 oz, aided by the continued ramp-up of its Modder East mine and new contributions from its recently acquired Rand Uranium operations.

Johannesburg, South Africa --- MININGREVIEW.COM --- 01 February 2012 - Merafe Resources ‒ a partner with Xstrata South Africa (Pty) Limited in the Xstrata-Merafe Chrome Venture, the world's largest ferrochrome producer ‒ has revealed that attributable production of ferrochrome declined to 263,000t in the year ended December 2011, from 300,000t the previous year.

Sydney, Australia --- MININGREVIEW.COM --- 01 February 2012 - Blackthorn Resources Limited has announced that Derek Carter has agreed to join the board of the company as a non-executive director, effective from today.

Carter has over 40 years’ experience in exploration and mine geology, including 17 years in management of ASX-listed exploration companies. He held senior positions in the Shell group of companies and Burmine Limited before founding Minotaur Exploration in 1993.

Johannesburg, South Africa --- MININGREVIEW.COM --- 31 January 2012 - Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) has announced the appointment of Terence Goodlace as CEO and as an executive director to the board of directors of the company with effect from 1 July 2012.

Goodlace brings with him extensive mining experience having worked in the mining industry since the late 1970’s when he started his working career as a learner miner.

Johannesburg, South Africa --- MININGREVIEW.COM --- 31 January 2012 - Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) has revealed that the majority of the mining workforce at its Impala Rustenburg operations once again failed to report for duty yesterday.

This comes in the wake of a stay-away by the operation’s rock drill operators (RDO’s), who participated in an illegal work stoppage last week.

Harare, Zimbabwe ---MININGREVIEW.COM --- 31 January 2012 - The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CMZ) has warned the government against continuously hiking royalties, stressing that this could discourage investors and undermine the mining industry's capacity to bankroll development projects.

Lusaka, Zambia --- MININGREVIEW.COM --- 31 January 2012 - The government of Zambia has confirmed that it will soon review the Mines and Mineral Development Act to bring it in line with best practices in other legislation in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region.

Mines minister Wilbur Simuusa said here that the government wanted to identify and address the weakness in the current legislation framework to derive maximum benefits from the country's mineral resources. The draft act was expected to be completed by the end of this month before submission to the Ministry of Justice in February.

Harare, Zimbabwe --- MININGREVIEW.COM --- 30 January 2012 -  The Zimbabwean government will soon withdraw export licences from mining companies which are exporting raw platinum, in a move specifically designed to promote the value addition of minerals.

A senior government official said in a statement here that the move was designed to force companies to build refineries. Zimbabwe has three platinum mining companies ‒ Zimplats, Unki and Mimosa.

New York, United States --- MININGREVIEW.COM ---30 January 2012 - Governments and companies must undertake a campaign to redouble their efforts to implement international supply chain control standards which are aimed at ending global trade in conflict minerals.

Toronto, Canada ---MININGREVIEW.COM --- 27 January 2012 - Canadian-registered and African-focused Caledonia Mining Corporation has announced a successful year in 2011 at its Blanket Mine in Zimbabwe, with production of 35,826oz of gold ‒ an increase of 102% over the previous year.

In a statement released here, Caledonia said it was now confident that it would be able to achieve its targeted gold production of 40,000oz for the current financial year. Discussions with the government of Zimbabwe regarding the indigenisation of the Blanket Mine have continued, it added.