Rio Tinto a likely future partner at Husab
Rio Tinto may enter into another partnership with a Chinese firm, this time in Namibia, where it may be the preferred participant as China swoops on another strategic asset.
Centamin bids for Egyptian concessions amid renewed pressure on share price
CENTAMIN had bid for mineral concessions in Egypt as it sought to broaden its exploration footprint in the North African country, said CEO Martin...
Copper tariff exemption triggers trading chaos
GLOBAL copper markets suffered their most severe disruption in a year marked by policy volatility and extraordinary price fluctuations after President Donald Trump's last-minute...
US tariffs force diamond sales delays in further financial blow to...
Petra Diamonds has postponed the sale of about 200,000 carats of diamonds produced from its Cullinan mine near Pretoria because of the “considerable diamond...
SA’s underground mining embarks on extraordinary game of cat and mouse...
THE recent closures of AngloGold Ashanti's Mponeng mine and Marula, the platinum mine controlled by Impala Platinum (Implats), following clusters of COVID-19 disease detection might...
Cutifani says Odin partnership to target mid-tier miners
MARK Cutifani has upended the notion that running Anglo American is a career apogee.
Since leaving the UK miner in 2021, he’s remained as active...
Palabora, union clash over wages
A trade union has declared a wage dispute with copper mining company Palabora Mining following a second round of wage negotiations.
African Eagle, Macquarie Harbour in gold JV
African Eagle Resources and ASX-quoted minerals group Macquarie Harbour Mining have signed a Letter of Intent to enter a joint venture to develop a gold mine at African Eagle's Miyabi project in Tanzania.
Chinese make a bid for Aurora gold mines
An unspecified Chinese consortium makes a bid for two liquidated gold mines currently managed by Aurora Empowerment Systems, but secrecy shrouds the offer.
Zim indigenisation laws ‘to carry on’
The scathing attack by Zimbabwe’s parliament on the country’s indigenisation laws should not be interpreted as the end of the controversial legislation, says a mining industry official.