Angola’s environment minister, Fátima Jardim, and geology and mining minister, Francisco Queirós, have met to discuss the environmental impact of diamond exploration in the Integral Deposit of Luando in northern Malanje province
Mining
Sundance floats tenders for African iron ore mine
Australian mining firm Sundance Resources has issued tenders for the financing and infrastructure construction for its Mbalam-Nabeba Iron Ore Project in central Africa
Customers treated to Terex Finlay equipment demonstration in Scotland
Terex Finlay held its largest-ever customer open event at a quarry in Scotland recently, where it highlighted all of its new models for both quarrying and recycling applications to an international audience
Chinese consortium wins deal to manage Ugandan copper company
The winning consortium will pay more than US$135mn to take over copper miner KML. (Image source: Fairv8/Wikimedia Commons)
A consortium of Chinese companies has been awarded the concession to manage and operate the government-owned copper company Kilembe Mines Limited (KML)
Ivanplats applies for licence to mine platinum in South Africa

The platinum project by Ivanplats is set to the companys first large inflow of foreign capital in recent years. (Image source: Lynanne Gelinas/sxc.hu)
Ivanplats has applied for a mining licence with South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources to establish a platinum mine in the country