De Beers price cut may imply improvement in diamond market around...
DE Beers' cut diamond prices 5% for its November sales cycle - a sign that the market might be about to improve, said Bloomberg...
Floods push coal price to one-year high
Fresh flooding in top global exporter Australia has added a further $10 to coal prices, driving thermal coal to a year high.
Zimbabwe gives official seal to sovereign fund
Zimbabwe officially tabled its sovereign wealth fund but an economist said the effort wouldn't have a major impact on the country's economic fortunes.
‘CEO overhang’ adds layer of uncertainty to Implats
THE proposed resignation of CEO, Terence Goodlace, effective from December, has placed another layer of uncertainty on Impala Platinum (Implats).
The company is faced with...
Digging for legitimacy: The case for good ESG in mining
ENVIRONMENTALÂ and social governance (ESG) has, for a long time, been a woolly issue for the mining industry.
Chiefly because there were no hard and fast...
Barrick may buy back Acacia Mining after Randgold merger – report
BARRICK Gold may buy the shares it doesn't already own in Acacia Resources, the UK-listed Tanzanian miner in which it has a 64% stake.
Bloomberg...
SA mines minister has no legal powers over Anglo takeover
THE moon is made of cheese. We all know this. Just like we know that the chairperson of the ANC, who moonlights occasionally as...
RBPlat triggers R1bn capital raise through rights issue to cover Maseve...
ROYAL Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) has announced plans to conduct a R1bn rights issue in order to finance the upgrade of the Maseve concentrator plant...
Harmony may mothball loss-making Kusasalethu
The west Rand mine is to produce a R150m net loss for the December quarter as management seeks to quell anarchy on the mine.
Alphamin tin sales hit as heavy rains worsen Congo roads
ALPHAMIN Resources said poor road conditions, which were exacerbated by heavy seasonal rains, were likely to result in lower than guided tin sales for...