Southern Africa mining

A worker rides a chair lift

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The region has not made the most of what should have been a rosy period

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Feb 8, 2012

Boom clouded by uncertainty

The region has not made the most of what should have been a rosy period

Feb 8, 2012

South Africa gold: New thinking required to reverse decline

Andrew England on efforts to boost output in what was once the world’s top producer

Feb 8, 2012

Zimbabwe: Imperatives of power and politics

Tony Hawkins on the constraints in the way of continued recovery

Beira port Feb 8, 2012

Infrastructure: Revamped transport links to plug in the world

William MacNamara reports on investment plans for the lifeblood of the industry

child worker in the rich mining province of Katanga Feb 8, 2012

DRC: Land of wasted opportunity slips further

Katrina Manson looks at the reasons miners queue up to do business in a difficult country

Lonmin smelter Feb 8, 2012

Platinum: Sector squeezed by falling prices and rising costs

Returns continue to shrink, reports William MacNamara

tanzanite Feb 8, 2012

Tanzanite: Producer looks east for brighter prospects

Katrina Manson looks at the ups and downs of a unique gemstone

Feb 8, 2012

Gold: Overtaking tourism as Tanzania’s biggest foreign exchange earner

But thriving exports have not done much for the locals, writes Katrina Manson

Activists march in Lagos to protest the removal of petroleum subsidies Feb 8, 2012

Nationalism: States move to avert uprisings

Tony Hawkins reports on lasting changes to the miners’ landscape

Feb 8, 2012

Guest column: Peter Leon

Despite its association with colonialism and apartheid, mining is the mainstay of the economy

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