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The six companies will mine tantalum, tin and tungsten ores. (Image source: Tom Def/sxc.hu)

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

Gemfields and Kagem are keen to develop an international market for Zambian emeralds. (Image source: BigBeadLittleBead/Flickr)

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

Kalagadi Manganese owns new order mining rights on three farms in the Kalahari Basin, believed to have more than 360mn tonnes of manganese ore. (Image source: ReneSchwietzke/Flickr)

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

DR Congo is vying to become a major producer of copper in Africa. (Image source: WikimediaCommons)

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

The water treatment plant will reduce the ingress, which could lead to long-term damage to the Matla coal mine. (Image source: StevenBenes/Flickr)

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

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