Kore Potash appoints former Newcrest, Gold Fields GM as CEO
LONDON- and Johannesburg-listed Kore Potash today unveiled former Newcrest mining engineer, Brad Sampson, as its new CEO after incumbent, Sean Bennett, announced earlier this...
Miller hoping mining expansion can attract monied investors
IT’S an historical quirk of South Africa’s mining sector that exploration for new minerals and metals has been the responsibility of the mining houses,...
Mantashe moots anti-graft mining division for SA Police Services
SOUTH African mines minister, Gwede Mantashe, wanted to explore the possibility that the mining sector could help establish a mining graft division with the...
Zimbabwe gives January deadline to use or lose mineral title
ZIMBABWE gold and platinum miners could lose mining titles starting in January if they do not work on them or start investing in building...
Tharisa unveils first step in expansion strategy, but costs knock H1...
CHROME and platinum group metal (PGM) producer, Tharisa, paid an interim dividend of two US cents/share as promised, but the transition to an owner-operater...
DMR to roll-out legalisation of artisanal mining throughout SA
SOUTH Africa's Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) is to roll out the legalisation of artisanal mining activities beginning with an agreement between informal miners...
With 16 days to go, Mantashe unwavering on Mining Charter talks...
SOUTH Africa mines minister, Gwede Mantashe, showed no signs that the three month deadline for completion of Mining Charter negotiations was in peril in...
Miners “very engaged” in Congo Mining Code talks: Bristow
RANDGOLD Resources CEO, Mark Bristow, said mining firms were "very engaged" in negotiations with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) regarding its recently adopted Mining Code...
ARC weighing further investment in Kropz’s Cape phosphate mine
AFRICAN Rainbow Capital (ARC) is considering whether it would invest further in the proposed Elandsfontein phosphate mine which it said in an investment update...
Fight goes on as Spoor & Co target coal for compensation...
THE class action to compensate current and former mineworkers who have contracted silicosis and tuberculosis on 30 of South Africa’s gold mines since 1965...