Six of the best: good news stories that lit up 2016
THERE was a good deal of trepidation in January 2016 as analysts and executives forecast another year of nail-biting austerity. And whilst it's not...
Neal Froneman plays hardball with the DMR on Lonmin takeover
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman today effectively “threw down the gauntlet” to the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and local communities that are disaffected with...
Sibanye-Stillwater to retrench 575 from SA gold operations
SIBANYE-Stillwater is to retrench 575 employees, mainly from its Kloof 4 shaft, in an effort to stem losses at its South African gold mining...
Business for SA calls on rapid accelerate to level 2 lockdown...
BUSINESS for SA (B4SA), an industry body formed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, has called on the South African government to more rapidly...
Sibanye-Stillwater to duke out $1.2bn Appian claim this week
NEAL Froneman, CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater is scheduled to testify on June 20 in the long-standing legal matter with Appian Capital Advisory.
Opening statements will be...
Anglo returns production to 90% capacity, but De Beers’ diamond sales...
ANGLO American achieved 90% production by end-June as it emerged from COVID-19 lockdowns which included relatively stable production from its key copper assets, the...
Diamond negotiations with De Beers “hugely distracting” to Botswana government
LUCARA Diamonds wanted a quick resolution to diamond sales contract negotiations between Botswana and De Beers as their two-year discussions were "hugely distracting" to...
SA vs The World: How will Harmony’s board vote in era-defining...
HARMONY Gold’s non-executive directors will be earning their fees this year with one weighty, strategy-defining decision pending. That is whether to build a new...
Gold Fields to buy 50% of Gruyere project in Australia for...
GOLD Fields is to extend recently announced spending on new projects to $1.7bn after announcing plans to buy 50% of the Gruyere gold project...
Lucara’s Karowe produces first diamonds
Lucara Diamond Corp says the commissioning of its Karowe mine processing plant is progressing according to schedule and that first production diamonds have been uncovered.