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Mozambique Plans To Become Major Coal Mining Companies


Brazilian mining company Vale has launched a US$1.3bn coal mining project in Mozambique.
The new plant is expected to produce 11 million tonnes of coal a year, to be exported to Brazil, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Central African Mining & Exploration Company Plc, agreement to acquire the additional shares of extracting Katanga limited


Central African Mining & Exploration Company Plc (”CAMEC” or the “Company”), the AIM listed fully integrated exploration, mining, trading and investment company, is pleased to announce that it has entered into private agreements with select shareholders of Katanga Mining Limited (”Katanga”), pursuant to which CAMEC has agreed to acquire an additional 8,298,300 common shares of [...]

Anvil to Proceed with Detailed Evaluation of Itogon Mineral Properties in the Philippines


TSX, ASX: AVM Common shares outstanding 56.7 million All amounts are expressed in US dollars, unless otherwise stated.
Anvil Mining Limited, (”Anvil” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that following completion of due diligence in December 2006, it has elected to proceed with a detailed evaluation of the Itogon Suyoc Resources Inc. (”Itogon”) mineral properties [...]

Security of Congo’s Uranium Worrying – Diplomats


Countries suspected of seeking nuclear arms may have exploited lax security in the Democratic Republic of Congo to get their hands on uranium from the giant central African state, diplomatic and intelligence sources say.
During World War Two when it was still a Belgian colony, Congo provided high-quality uranium for the Manhattan Project, the secret US [...]

Illegal uranium mining at shuttered Congo site


Uranium is being mined illegally at a site in Congo that provided the radioactive material for the US atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945, UN experts reported on Thursday.
The Shinkolobwe mine in mineral-rich Katanga province in southwestern Congo was ordered shut down by UN investigators in 2004 who found it unsafe to operate.
The investigators, [...]