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Mining
Angolan mining company begins operations in diamond mine

Lucapa Diamond Company has procured an investment of US$15mn as a bridge financing facility to fund operations on the Angolan concession. (Image source: Kim Alaniz/Flickr)
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
Stellar Diamonds raises US$1.4mn to support mining at Baoule kimberlite

Trial mining at Baoule kimblerlite yielded 2.145 carats at an average grade of 15 chpt. (Image source: Vicki/Flickr)
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

The Kilembe Mines in southwestern Uganda are rich in copper and cobalt deposits. (Image source: Iamgold/Wikimedia Commons)
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

The Middle Orange River region is rich in diamond deposits and is known to produce high-quality diamonds. (Image source: Kaly99/Wikimedia Commons)
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