Mining company Base Titanium has applied for a permit to export products from its Kwale Mineral Sands mining project in Kenya
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Aureus Mining secures loan facility for gold project in Liberia
Aureus Mining has signed a US$88mn project finance loan facility deal with South Africa’s Nedbank and Rand Merchant Bank, to aid with the development of its New Liberty Gold Project located in the Bea Mountain mining licence in Liberia
South Africa’s Sibanye offers to buy Wits Gold for US$39 million
South Africa’s Sibanye Gold has offered to buy Witwatersrand Consolidated (Wits Gold) for US$39mn, to enhance its footprint in the Wits Basin
Centamin to purchase African miner for US$40.9 million
Egyptian gold miner Centamin has agreed to buy Ampella, which has significant interests in west and southern Africa, for US$0.16 per share or US$40.9mn
Kenya to sign deal with China’s Fenxi to develop coal blocks
Kenyas Ministry of Energy has announced plans to sign a concession accord with China’s Fenxi Mining Industry to develop two blocks that have been estimated to contain more than 400mn metric tonnes of coal deposits