Kinross Gold secures $300m loan finance for phase two expansion of...
KINROSS Gold has secured $300m in finance for the expansion of its Mauritania gold mine, Tasiast, increasing gold production to an average of 563,000...
Collahuasi says plants working amid stoppage
Chile's giant Collahuasi mine has confirmed workers on two shifts have downed tools at the world's No. 3 copper mine, adding that its plants were fully operational.
Froneman vows to take ‘harder line’ on strikes
Neal Froneman, CEO of Sibanye Gold, said the SA gold sector was aligned on rejecting 'unrealistic' wage demands and that it would take a harder line than the platinum industry.
Harry Winston, others circle BHP’s diamonds
Diamond miner and luxury jeweller Harry Winston is among several potential suitors circling BHP Billiton's majority stake in the EKATI diamond mine in Canada.
SA gold sector in danger of self-destruction
South African gold producers, like their global counterparts, are not moving quickly enough to ensure the survival of the sector, say company executives.
Oliphant: SA’s coal reserves declining
The quality and quantity of SA's coal reserves are steadily declining and mining the commodity is becoming harder, says the new deputy minister for mineral resources.
DMR shuts down Smokey Hills
Production at Platinum Australia’s Smokey Hills mine has been interrupted for the third time this year, following an order to do so by the department of mineral resources.
Sibanye-Stillwater to retrench 575 from SA gold operations
SIBANYE-Stillwater is to retrench 575 employees, mainly from its Kloof 4 shaft, in an effort to stem losses at its South African gold mining...
All that glistens isn’t gold
Humble silver, copper and some other commodities kicked dust in the eyes of the gold bulls in 2010.
Resgen’s R4.2bn Boikarabelo coal project on the rocks as IDC pulls...
THE Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), a state-owned finance development institution, has pulled its support for Resource Generation’s (Resgen’s) R4.2bn Boikarabelo thermal coal mine project...