Diversified miner Vedanta Resources on Wednesday obtained an ex parte order in the High Court of South Africa, granting the company leave to institute an urgent interim interdict application against ZCCM Investments Holdings.
In terms of the urgent a…
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South Africa’s minerals policy has changed the market in inefficient ways, exacerbated the impact of external factors such as volatile commodities prices and failed to meet its primary objectives, Eunomix CEO Claude Baissac told attendees at an African…
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A Zambian court on Friday withdrew an earlier order blocking a provisional liquidator at Vedanta’s Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) business from disposing of KCM’s assets or making arrangements with its creditors. The about-turn from the Zambian High Court …
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A recent Constitutional Court ruling about a proposed referendum in the Ecuador province where copper/gold developer SolGold’s significant Cascabel project is located has made it clear that the future of mining will be determined by that country’s fede…
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India’s Mines Ministry is drawing up contingency plans to offer a three-year extension for merchant mining leases slated to expire in March next year. Sources in the Ministry said that while the government is pushing state governments to initiate the a…
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The share prices of SolGold and Cornerstone Capital Resources rose sharply in Canada on Thursday afternoon, following an announcement that the Ecuador mining referendum petition had been dismissed.
TSX-V-listed Cornerstone, which is a partner in the s…
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When a foreign investor with multimillion-dollar projects across Africa was told the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo wanted to see him, he booked a suite at one of the country’s top hotels. After six days of waiting, he left.
Since Feli…
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The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has warned that the 2.5% increase in gas royalties would likely be passed on to consumers, as Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk fended off calls to delay the royalty hike.
“It was a Labor government that set up the l…
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The head of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s State mining company will no longer exercise control over the business, despite being reappointed to the post, the president’s spokesperson has said. Albert Yuma, who was named president of Gecamines’s boa…
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The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has called on the Queensland government to delay the 2.5% increase in gas royalties until January 2020.
During the state Budget earlier this week, the government revealed a surprise hike in the petroleum royalty …
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