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Prigozhin’s rebellion throws Wagner’s African future into doubt
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 29th June 2023 The brazen but brief rebellion that Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin launched in Russia at the weekend, and the deal he cut with Russian President... →
Five-year South African diamond prospecting licence awarded 
By: Martin Creamer 12th June 2023 London Aim- and Botswana-listed diamond exploration company Botswana Diamonds has been granted a five-year prospecting licence on ground containing... →
Junior miner CEO is typically ‘chief cook and bottlewasher’, diamond junior confirms
By: Martin Creamer 7th June 2023 Outgoing Minerals Council South Africa’s Roger Baxter told the Junior Indaba's opening day that the CEO of a junior mining company is typically a... →
Zimbabwe aims to double power output by 2025 to meet mining demand
By: Reuters 2nd June 2023 Zimbabwe's State power utility ZESA aims to more than double national grid capacity by 2025 to respond to increased demand from the mining sector,... →
Harry Oppenheimer biography shows the South African mining magnate’s hand in economic policies
2nd June 2023 In Harry Oppenheimer: Diamonds, Gold and Dynasty, his outstanding biography of the South African mining magnate who died in 2000, Michael Cardo... →
Construction phase of Menar’s new R600m colliery project is in full swing
By: Martin Creamer 26th May 2023 The construction phase of the new Gugulethu Colliery is in full swing. “We’ve started working on the box cut with the anticipation that first coal... →
Diamond investment in South Africa gains ‘forever’ tag as De Beers opens airport sparkler
By: Martin Creamer 22nd May 2023 Like a diamond itself, diamond investment in South Africa is having a ‘forever’ tag pinned on its back as the world’s largest diamond company by... →
New ‘diamond is forever when all work together’ adage uplifts De Beers grand Sky Park opening
By: Martin Creamer 19th May 2023 A diamond is forever when we all work together, new De Beers Group CEO Al Cook opined sagaciously in his welcome address at the grand opening of De... →
