African Mining Roundup – July 2015

The African Mining Roundup is a synopsis of mining activity on the continent. The July 2015 roundup covers activities that happened in June in 18 countries. It includes more than 90 separate news items in an easy-to-read, disaggregated format. This month’s report includes details of diversified mining giant Rio Tinto International and Savannah Resources subsidiary AME East Africa’s plans to merge their Mozambique-based adjacent heavy minerals sands assets into an unincorporated joint venture; West African gold producer Aureus Mining’s successful completion of its first gold pour at its New Liberty gold project, in Liberia; and junior diamond firm Kimberley Diamonds’ A$10-million loan, which it intends to use for the recommissioning of its Lerala diamond mine, in Botswana.