Commodities

An Unexpected IPO, A Platinum And Chrome Rumour Mix Up, And Disorderly Politics As Indaba Wraps Up

By Bianca Markram The trend Indaba attendees talked about over and over in Cape Town the past week is that…

Indaba Day 4: A Superstar Speaks

By Mark Nunn of CSR21.org The fourth and last day of Mining Indaba 2015 was the dedicated Sustainable Mining Day.…

An Industry That Is Bust? Sombre Atmosphere At This Year’s African Mining Indaba

By Bianca Markram in Cape Town Since the African Mining Indaba started in 1995, the industry has lived through an…

Eagle Ford Shale player Empyrean Energy decides to pull out of its Formal Sale Process

By Stewart Dalby Most small cap oil and gas companies whether quoted on London’s AIM or elsewhere , their share…

Taipan Resources seeks US$10 million in damages from Afren

By Amy McLellan Shareholders in Taipan Resources may be keeping a close eye on Block 2B in Kenya, where the…

Indaba Day 2: The IFC Won’t Invest In Any Project Which Doesn’t Have CSR And, For Good Financial Reasons, Nor Should You

By Mark Nunn of CSR21.org With the talks at Indaba today offering little for CSR aficionados, we drifted up the…

Magnolia Petroleum sees a significant increase in its onshore reserves on the US

By Stewart Dalby Magnolia Petroleum like Northcote Energy and North American Petroleum is a London listed (AIM) micro- cap which…

Indaba Day 1: The Power Of The Mine As A Transformative Opportunity, Plus Pessimism From A Keynote Speaker

By Mark Nunn at CSR21.org The CSR21 team convened in Cape Town this weekend for that hoary old institution of…

Welcome news for Egdon, Europa and Union Jack Oil as Wressle-1 flows oil…with two more intervals to test

By Amy McClellan Three years after it was defined on 3D seismic, the Wressle prospect has yielded its first oil…

A Revitalised Scotgold Is Now Moving Rapidly Towards A New Mine Plan And New Funding Options

By Alastair Ford There’s a new man at the top at Scotgold. Richard Gray first came to Scotgold as a…