Angola’s Lucapa Diamond Company and its local mining partners Endiama and Rosas & Petalas have commenced diamond mining in the Lulo diamond concession in Angola’s Lunda Norte diamond province
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Stellar Diamonds raises US$1.4mn to support mining at Baoule kimberlite
West African diamond explorer Stellar Diamonds has raised US$1.4mn in a share issue to support its Baoulé kimberlite project in Guinea
Chinese consortium to begin work on Ugandan copper mine
China’s Tibet-Hima Industries Consortium is set to begin copper mining at the Kilembe Mines in Uganda in May 2015
Rockwell Diamonds to acquire properties in South Africa’s MOR region
Canada’s Rockwell Diamonds Inc has signed a conditional agreement to acquire specific alluvial diamond properties and associated equipment from Bondeo 140CC in South Africa for US$24mn
Piran Resources produces first tin concentrate from Rwandan mines
Rwandan mining company Piran Resources has produced its first tin concentrate from the Musha and Ntunga mines in Rwanda