Guinea eyes bigger mines stakes, tougher rules
Guinea's new mining code will give the state a free 15% stake in projects with an option to acquire another 20%, according to a draft report.
Laudable, lofty, but is Exxaro’s breakout growth plan risking ten years...
THE last time Exxaro Resources publicised a shift in strategy it provided so little detail that investors heavily sold the firm’s shares. That was...
Plant closures not enough to stimulate the nickel price
AN estimated 400,000 ton cut in nickel production in the last year, about 10% of total production, might not be enough to stimulate the...
Dismay as Zim indigenisation talks stall
South African platinum firms have been unable to progress indigenisation deals with the Zimbabwean government with both sides stuck over compensation.
Ghana to kickstart bauxite sector with $1.2bn investment
GHANA has kickstarted plans to launch a bauxite industry after it picked Rocksure International to help it build a mine and smelter costing $1.2bn,...
Transnet targets partner for manganese hub by end-2025
TRANSNET said a private sector partner to help it build out its proposed 16 million tons a year manganese export terminal at Ngqura port...
Limpopo community appeals mining licence awarded to PTM’s $600m palladium project
PLATINUM Group Metals (PTM) said a South African government decision recently granting the firm's $617m Waterberg Project a mining licence had been appealed by...
Workers refuse to surface at AngloPlat mine
Temporary workers at Anglo Platinum's Rustenburg mine are refusing to come out from underground.
Ante upped among world’s smaller gold firms as capital allocation becomes...
THE increase in merger and acquisition activity among the world’s largest gold producers would pressure smaller industry players to consider similar moves in order...
Secret ballot for strikes to ensure “a proper balance” in wage...
FOREIGN investors are concerned about labour in South Africa because there is this "never-ending threat of labour disruption in South Africa", according to Anglo...