What’s the bother with SA junior mining?
Exploration and development companies in South Africa have trodden a familiar path from investor scepticism to bankrupty. Why is this, and can it be changed?
Mining tycoon backs Trump’s copper tariff plan
ROBERT Friedland, the billionaire founder of Ivanhoe Mines, has thrown his support behind US President Donald Trump's controversial 50% tariff on copper imports, arguing...
Manara closing in on stake in Barrick’s $9bn Reko Diq
SAUDI Arabia's Manara Minerals is closing on a deal to buy up to 20% in Reko Diq, a $9bn gold project in Pakistan. The...
AngloGold ices gold concentrate at Cuiabá while strengthens tailings dam wall
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti said it will suspend gold concentrate processing at its 257,000 ounce a year Cuiabá Complex in Brazil while it was improving the...
Hulamin in R750m rights issue
Hulamin will conduct a R750m rights issue to cut debt levels and ensure growth for the semi-finished and fabricated aluminium products company.
South32 increase in Mozal stake delayed as Russia conflict gives wings...
THE acquisition of additional shares in Mozal Aluminium by South32 from Japanese multinational Mitsubishi would not be completed until the middle of this year,...
Sibanye-Stillwater says hydrogen catalyst will save iridium market
SIBANYE-Stillwater said new technology for hydrogen electroysis had been developed potentially reducing reliance on the scarce platinum group metal (PGM) iridium in favour of...
Rockwell content with diamond prices
Rockwell Diamonds says it has achieved good prices during its most recent diamond sale.
Implats fires 13,000 workers
IMPALA Platinum , the world's second largest platinum producer, said on Thursday it had dismissed 13,000 employees, bringing to 17,200 those sacked since the start of a labour dispute almost two weeks ago.
Village declares Lesego to be shallower
Village said it had intersected platinum group metals at its 77%-held Lesego platinum prospect at some 700m, almost half the initial estimated depth of the resource.