DRDGOLD expects higher production
DRDGOLD is expecting full-year production to be 10% higher than the previous year.
NUM, Amcu raise stakes in bargaining dispute
The National Union of Mineworkers said it would not accept individual company wage negotiations preferring centralised bargaining - a position opposed by Amcu.
Simmers appoints new CFO
Junior gold producer Simmer & Jack Mines has announced the appointment of Marius Saaiman as chief financial officer.
Is it realistic to expect more from gold shares?
THE VanEck Gold Miners Equity ETF has outstripped the spot price of gold this year — yet analysts think shares can still do better.
Valuations...
Kumba axes 3,933 in bid to stay afloat
The unremittingly weak iron ore price has finally closed in on Anglo American's Kumba Iron Ore which is cutting jobs and reducing output.
Anglo in talks to jointly develop Serpentina iron ore project with...
ANGLO American said on December 29 that it was in preliminary discussions with Vale SA to jointly develop the Brazilian miner's Serpentina project.
The project...
Mining engineers ill-suited to budgets as firms urged to be savvy
AS a price taker, South Africa’s mining sector is a victim of declining commodity prices, but it’s also generally acknowledged that it’s responsible for...
DRDGold CEO Niel Pretorius puts his money where his mouth is
DRDGold shares have been sliding since the end of January - despite a temporary boost in late March when shareholders agreed the Sibanye-Stillwater...
Can a demerged Amplats enliven SA PGM sector?
There was little to celebrate when the world’s platinum industry gathered in London last month. The past two years have been chastening ones for...
SA needs R1.2bn for mine water threat
South Africa will have to spend around R1.2bn to clean up acidic water threatening to spill out from abandoned gold mines under Johannesburg, according to a report.