B2Gold to embark on $50m Fekola expansion, waiting on Gramalote study
B2GOLD Corporation said it expected to start a $50m mill expansion of its Fekola gold mine in Mali taking ore throughput to 7.5 million...
Cherish thy foreign investor
Apathy towards the priorities of "traditional' foreign investors will likely
undermine efforts to increase the contribution of mining to the social
transformation of SA, says a Sims critique.
Critical Metals secures sales agreement for Molulu copper project
CRITICAL Metals, a UK-listed copper junior miner, said it had signed an offtake agreement with OM Metal & Resources for oxide ore produced at...
Eskom tariff hike will cost 40,000 jobs: CoM
Another 8% hike in the tariff power would have a massive effect on jobs in the platinum and gold industry and merely rewarded Eskom for under-performance.
DRC’s mining sector doubles revenue payments to $1.57bn in 2018
THE Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC's) mining sector paid $1.57bn in revenues to the government last year, up 91% on 2017, said Reuters which...
Kumba Iron Ore output hike adds esprit to Anglo numbers
KUMBA Iron Ore and De Beers were among the stand-out performers for Anglo American in the group's half year ended June 30 production report...
Export price declines may sharpen coal shares
Despite perennial problems, coal mines can be great investments - if you get them at a decent price.
Lonmin to write down assets by $2.1bn
Lonmin said it had made progress on its plans to retrench 6,000 jobs and said assets had been revalued to between $1.6bn and $1.8bn.
Kalahari Minerals upbeat about results
Kalahari Minerals reports "exceptional" drilling results from Rossing South.
The golden doldrums
If one is called to write flashcards to explain how the gold price behaves, you’ll
probably need only two; it’s that binary. Put another way, quiet is bad
for the gold price.