Alluvial Mining

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Lulo Mine’s Resource Estimate Climbs

Diamonds Net 17 Mar 2020

Diamond resources at Lucapa Diamond Company’s Lulo alluvial mine in Angola are 25% higher than it originally estimated, according to an independent valuation ... “The latest update also represents the highest number of carats ever in a Lulo diamond resource — and that is after five years of increasing alluvial-mining depletion.”....

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Zimbabwe’s Solomon Mujuru: general and nonpartisan

Mail Guardian South Africa 17 Mar 2020

“When I was there, the Zimbabwean army was good. They were disciplined. There was no hint of the army being political ... Others subscribed to politicisation in exchange for patronage, with many commanders benefiting from land reform, alluvial diamond mining in eastern Zimbabwe and the government’s command agriculture scheme ...

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Butterfly Farmers Irked By No Word On Export Ban

All Africa 20 Nov 2019

Tanga -Sakale, a village that leap into fame for illegal alluvial gold ......

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Zimbabwe to Take Smaller Cut of Diamond Sales

Diamonds Net 19 Nov 2019

... mining, which is lucrative but expensive ... “The royalty rate of 15% on diamonds was set during the period when mining was predominantly alluvial, and extraction cost was relatively low,” Mthuli Ncube, minister of finance and economic development, explained in his budget statement....

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Zimbabwe to Slash Diamond Royalty to 10%

Diamonds Net 18 Nov 2019

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Manica project generates positive free cash for Xtract

Mining Weekly 12 Nov 2019

London-listed diversified metals producer Xtract Resources ......

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Dam collapses at Siberian gold mine, killing at least 15 people

The Observer 20 Oct 2019

However, alluvial mining, where the gold is in a stream bed rather than an underground seam, still contributes some of the country’s output. Alluvial (or artisanal) gold mining in Russia is usually small-scale, but is still conducted by officially registered firms, which are supposed to abide by health and safety rules....

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Dam collapse kills at least 15 gold miners in Siberia

Yahoo Daily News 20 Oct 2019

MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least 15 gold miners were killed on Saturday when a dam collapsed, flooding an artisanal mining encampment in a remote part of Siberia, officials said ... Alluvial or artisanal gold mining in Russia is usually small-scale, but is still conducted by officially registered firms which are supposed to abide by health and safety rules....

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Russian dam collapses killing at least 15 gold miners

The Independent 19 Oct 2019

Russia is one of the world’s top gold producers with most of its output coming from large professional industrial mines ... Alluvial or artisanal gold mining in Russia is usually small-scale, but is still conducted by officially registered firms which are supposed to abide by health and safety rules....

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Lucapa sets production records

Mining Weekly 09 Oct 2019

Production at the Lulo alluvial mine, in Angola, reached 7 603 ct during the quarter, a 67% increase on the previous corresponding period, while the Mothae kimberlite mine reported its highest quarterly production since commercial operations started in January, producing 7 007 ct ... ....

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Plea against sand mining in Vaigai

The Times of India 12 Sep 2019

... a positive direction to prevent any mining activity ... If there is any infraction of rule or any illegal mining of river sand or savadu (alluvial soil), it goes without saying that the revenue officials have to take immediate steps to curb such activities, the bench said....

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LETTER: Kimberley Process a problem

Business Day 12 Sep 2019

Illegal diamond mining in the Northern Cape exposes the major flaw in, and the superficial narrowness of, the Kimberley Process for the international diamond trade ... This, together with an abundance of potential, previously mined or currently exploited alluvial (fluvial) deposits, are the syndicates’ target specifications — their best friends....

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Tango Pulls Out of Angola Diamond Venture

Diamonds Net 21 Aug 2019

The company, in September, signed on to finance the alluvial project, which is located just north of Lucapa’s Lulo mine ... mine, in South Africa....