Did US ambassador to Liberia Mark Toner, US Africa bureau official Troy Fitrell, Africa adviser to the US president Massad Boulos and former US special envoy J Peter Pham have any conflict of interests in influencing the deal?
Mining company says 80% of R530 million has not gone to the rightful beneficiaries
Smelter operations have been reduced and night haulage halted over security concerns
The KZN department of co-operative governance has undertaken to resolve the dispute it created by dethroning the sitting inkosi in 2010
The dispute has sparked a series of violent protests that have affected the mine’s operations
No one knows who is behind the killings near Richards Bay or why the hitmen have moved in
Delicate behind-the-scenes talks may result in the decade-long court dispute over the Mbuyazi chieftainship being resolved in the next few weeks
The court is dealing with the chieftainship battle, but the Mbuyazi constituency just wants the land claim settled
The community claim their dream of a new urban life has turned into an ordeal, with leaking water pipes and street lights that never come on.
The Anglo American unit which had enjoyed sky-high iron ore prices in the past now faces a decline in profits as the metal price drops.
Rio Tinto’s Namibian miners are said to be dying of cancers after extracting uranium ore for the British and US military in the 1970s.
Around 200 NUM members have marched to the Mining Indaba in Cape Town to protest against the ill-treatment of Rio Tinto miners in other countries.
A Bill, which must first gain parliamentary approval before being signed into law, has proposed levies on mining companies.
Miner Rio Tinto has suspended coal exports from Mozambique’s north-west Tete province after threats by the opposition party Renamo, says an official.
Rio Tinto will keep its diamond businesses after failing to find a buyer and deciding not to pursue an initial public offering of the unit.
The mooted merger between commodities trader Glencore and mining company Xstrata is likely to face few regulatory hurdles in South Africa.
Botswana, the world’s largest diamond producer by value, is now doing with its diamond mining industry what SA failed to achieve for a century.
The taking of shares from foreign company by the Zimbabwean government could have a positive effect for Robert Mugabe where votes are concerned.
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/ 20 January 2012
BHP Billiton tightening the screws on its local business associates.
The ANC is pondering a windfall tax as a less risky way to maximise benefits from minerals, writes <b>Kevin Davie</b>.
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/ 27 September 2011
Zimbabwe is due to probe firms to establish their level of compliance with a law that forces them to sell at least 51% of shares to Zimbabwe locals.
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/ 21 September 2011
Demand for iron ore, copper and aluminium will double in the next 15 to 20 years, driven by the Brics economies, says Rio Tinto’s chief executive.
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/ 5 September 2011
Rio Tinto and Anglo American have said they plan to sell their stakes in Palabora Mining, SA’s only refined copper producer.
Zimbabwe’s Parliament has declared that Mugabe-backed regulations seeking to nationalise foreign companies are "unconstitutional … and absurd".
Resources group Rio Tinto has said that it extended its $4-billion offer for Riversdale by another two weeks.
Resources group Rio Tinto said on Friday that it would seek to delist Riversdale following the end of its takeover bid.
Zimbabwe is considering legislation to force miners to fund development in local communities, a state-owned newspaper said on Tuesday.
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/ 23 December 2010
Rio Tinto has offered $3,9-billion to buy Australian-listed coal miner Riversdale in an agreed deal.
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/ 15 November 2010
Australian mining giant Rio Tinto is seeking international intervention after the company lost the mining rights to two exploration blocks in Guinea.
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto on Thursday posted a 260% jump in first-half net earnings to a record $5,85-billion.
Australia’s plan to hit mining projects with a new tax might have upset resource companies, but it could prove popular with voters.
A Chinese court convicted four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto including an Australian national on Monday on bribery and trade secrets charges.