A unit of Beijing Haohua Energy Resource Co Ltd has offered to inject US$100mn into Coal of Africa (CoAL)
Mining
Cathay Fortune offers to buy Australian mine in Africa

Cathay Fortune currently owns 13.7 per cent of the ordinary shares of Discovery Metals. (Image source: free/Flickr)
Chinese private equity firm, Cathay Fortune, has offered US$848mn to acquire Australian copper producer Discovery Metals who own a number of mines in Botswana
Mantrac launches new loaders in Tanzania

These machines are not exclusive for construction companies and they can be useful to other sectors as well. (Image source: Ingy The Wingy/Flickr)
Machinery distributer Mantrac has introduced the F-Series backhoe loaders for Tanzanian construction companies
Vale starts copper production in Zambia

The Lubambe mine will be expected to produce an annual copper output of 45,000 tonnes. (Image source: GettyImages)
Brazilian multinational mining corporation Vale SA has begun production of copper concentrate, a raw version of commercial copper, at its Lubambe mine in Zambia
Water paucity hampering South African mining industry

Mining production had slipped 14.5 per cent in 2012 as compared to 2011 due to water scarcity. (Image source: free/Flickr)
Experts have said that water constraints in South Africa were hampering mining activities in the country