‘Good feeling’ led to Sibanye-Stillwater cancelling nickel deal
SIBANYE-Stillwater’s decision to cancel a share purchase agreement for the Santa Rita nickel and Serrote copper-gold mines in Brazil was based on a geotechnical...
Ghana finally acts against illegals at AngloGold’s Obuasi mine
Order is finally being restored at AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi mine in Ghana after up to 12,000 illegal miners invaded the operation in January this...
Zambia blackout shuts copper mines
A nationwide power blackout on Friday forced copper mines in Zambia, Africa's top producer of the metal, to halt output.
Pan African cuts output guidance up to 15% as Eskom outages...
PAN African Resources could report up to 15% less gold than guided in the 12-months ended June after losing 10,000 ounces to Eskom loadshedding....
Harmony forecasts mines up and running fully only in August as...
HARMONY Gold might not restore full mining at its South African operations until August as the return of migrant workers to the country was...
Zimbabwe flatters to deceive as reform doesn’t extend to mining
ZIMBABWE'S new cabinet has retained the controversial 51% indigenisation thresholds for foreign diamond and platinum miners, but it has deferred a 15% tax on...
Rio, Sinosteel extend JV
Rio Tinto and Sinosteel have extended their Channar iron ore joint venture in Australia to produce a further 50 million tonnes of ore, says Rio Tinto.
Exxaro suffers R11bn opportunity cost as year-on-year coal exports decline 32%
TRANSNET Freight Rail (TFR) was on course for export deliveries to Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) of just over 54 million tons (Mt), said...
Assore resilient, but acknowledges US trade war hit chrome exports
ASSORE, the miner and marketer of metals used in steelmaking, emerged unscathed by the US/China trade wars in its year to June.
But in the...
Zambia High Court turns down Vedanta’s bid for stay against KCM...
VEDANTA hopes for a stay of the winding up proceedings against its Zambian subsidiary Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) were dashed today by the country's...