'Massive' gem dug up in S Africa
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A South African mining firm claims to have found the world's biggest-ever diamond, but experts are sceptical.
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Archaeologists excavating a sprawling prehistoric fortress in southern Greece have discovered a secret underground passage thought to have supplied the site with water in times of danger.
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A major re-ordering of South Africa&#39;s gold mining industry is expected to get under way today with Gold Fields of South Africa poised to announce a multi-billion dollar merger with one of its big Johannesburg-based rivals, most likely Harmony Gold.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 17--Giant machines have been digging phosphate from the soil of Beaufort County for two generations. Now those who run the huge strip mine near the community of Aurora want to expand operations into 2,500 acres of nearby protected wetlands.
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Egypt's chief archaeologist displayed on Tuesday the latest discoveries from the Sakkara cemetery south of Cairo and said many more treasures clearly lay hidden beneath the sands.
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The bright green rocks jutting through the prairie soil were hard to miss, but Tom Charlton still couldn't believe his eyes. It was kimberlite, the molten rock in which diamonds are found, and preliminary tests had yielded a microscopic diamond.
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Business News, Johannesberg: South African gold producer Harmony has bid to take over larger rival Gold Fields, a merger that would create the world&#39;s biggest gold producer.
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The price of gold hit a record high Friday as production ground to a halt in South Africa on the back of a spiralling electricity crisis the government has labelled a national emergency.
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Contractors get a boost from a major west African project.
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Harmony Gold Mining Co., the biggest miner of South African gold, may have to raise its hostile 39.3 billion rand ($6.7 billion) offer for Gold Fields Ltd.
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Africa is now one of the fastest-growing international outposts of the farthest-reaching cable channel in the world.
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Shipped halfway across the world to Asia as a seafood delicacy, abalone has become a prized commodity for South African entrepreneurs as well as criminals who have poached the mollusc almost to extinction.
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Harmony Gold Mining Co, South African gold firm, has made a $8.2 billion bid to acquire its much bigger rival -- Gold Fields. If the acquisition or the merger goes through, it would create the world&#39;s largest gold producing company.
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Learn more about a South African ETF.
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Wander around Axum, a sleepy town in northern Ethiopia, and it is impossible to ignore the giant pit that has been dug right in the centre of town.
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Cyprus is hoping to claim a world record for making the biggest slab of loukoumi, or Turkish delight.
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THE war between two of South Africaâs largest gold companies is set to intensify this week as the battle moves from the stock market to the courts.