Rwanda has signed mining contracts with six mining companies to exploit 10 mining concessions that could potentially bring about profits to the tune of US$45mn over the next five years

The British High Commissioner James Thornton has commended the partnership between the government of Zambia and the British gemstone exploration and mining company Gemfields plc, citing it to be a “very good example” of a British company investing in Zambia

South African construction company Murray & Roberts has been awarded a US$386.9mn five-year mining contract by Kalagadi Manganese

The DR Congo government and two Chinese companies are expected to begin production of copper from the Central African nation by end 2015

South African coal producer Exxaro has unveiled the first of three water treatment plants for the Matla coal mine in the country’s Mpumalanga province