DRDGOLD hits roadblock after Dept of Water frustrates R1bn tailings facility...
DRDGOLD has delayed plans to build a massive R1bn tailings facility as part of the expansion of its Far West Gold Recoveries (FWGR) opting...
Mercuria, Techmet eye Congo tantalum project
GENEVA-based Mercuria Energy Group has discussed developing a tantalum project in eastern Congo's conflict zone with US-backed investment firm TechMet, contingent on the Trump...
Antimony shortage to worsen as West replenishes munitions
A GLOBAL shortage of antimony – used in munitions – could worsen as the US and Europe replenish stockpiles of bullets and bombs used...
Glencore $2.5bn agribusiness deal cautiously welcomed
SHARES in Glencore trended down today reflecting the mixed response - though generally positive - among analysts to the Swiss group's announcement that it...
Metallon targets 150,000 oz for 2015
Zimbabwe's largest gold producer, Metallon Gold, said it would produce 150,000 oz of gold in 2015, a 50% increase on output it achieved last year.
Eskom coal supply uninterrupted despite Oakbay delisting
OAKBAY Resources & Energy (Oakbay Resources) was continuing to supply coal to Eskom power stations in line with contracts, said the utility's spokesman, Khulu...
Lonmin violence death toll rises to nine
The campaign of violence that has engulfed Lonmin’s Karee operations in North
West so far claimed the lives of nine people - two police officers and seven mine
employees.
The Return of the Pin-striped Bandit
Mark Wellesley-Wood - once famously described by the late Brett Kebble as a "pin-striped bandit" - is back and on the warpath against Mwana Africa.
Mining sector told to brace for raft of tax hikes as...
MINING firms operating in developing economies ought to brace themselves for increased taxation as countries tackle the social and economic impact of the Covid-19...
Holland ranks demerger of SA gold mines among his finest achievements...
THE move to unbundle all of Gold Fields' South African mines bar South Deep into Sibanye (which became Sibanye-Stillwater) "... was one of my...