ArcelorMittal will sell its 50 per cent stake in South African manganese explorer Kalagadi Manganese for US$447mn in an attempt to sell non-core assets to pay down debt

Canadian mining companies are playing an active role in the return of annual Zambian copper production

African Eagle Resources has announced that it plans to start construction of a Tanzanian nickel mine in 2014, with first production of the metal expected to begin in 2016

Chinese private equity firm Cathay Fortune Corp and China-Africa Development Fund (CADF) have launched a takeover bid worth US$860mn to acquire all outstanding shares of Botswana-focussed Australian copper miner Discovery Metals

Randgold Resources chief executive Mark Bristow has said that African countries would risk driving away new investors if they pushed through mining code revisions aimed at boosting short-term revenues