BHP says maintenance hurt Q1 iron ore output, spends $345m on...
BHP Group, the world’s biggest miner, announced flat year-on-year first-quarter iron ore output as a planned maintenance at a key port hurt volumes, said...
Sierra Leone cancellation of iron ore contract represents fresh rise of...
THE controversial cancellation of an iron ore contract by the government of West Africa's Sierra Leone was a fresh manifestation of resource nationalism, said...
Australia’s Fortescue Metals confirms bid for Guinea iron ore deposit, Simandou
FORTESCUE Metals Group confirmed it had bid to develop two blocks of Simandou, the giant iron ore deposit located in Guinea, said Reuters.
"Consistent with...
Production of Marampa mine in Sierra Leone suspended amid export ban,...
SL MINING, a subsidiary of US commodity trading company, Gerald Group, is to suspend iron ore production at its operations in Sierra Leone following...
Assore R9bn cash pile “not a lot of money” as holds...
ASSORE is "looking at different options" for its R9bn cash pile, but CEO, Charles Walters, rules out the possibility of paying out a special...
Bushveld Minerals wins Competition Commission approval for Vanchem deal
BUSHVELD Minerals said it had received Competition Commission approval for the $68m purchase of Vanchem Vanadium Products, a transaction that would help take the firm's...
Russia enjoys “special status” in Guinea in effort to rekindle Soviet-era...
RUSSIAN mining companies enjoy special privileges in Guinea owing to carefully managed political links between the countries, said the Guardian citing Amadou Bah, the executive...
Assore to post stronger numbers, but R507m Sakura write-down hurts attributable...
JOHANNESBURG-listed investment company, Assore, said in a trading statement today headline earnings for the 2019 financial year ended June 30 would be 20% to...
Beny Steinmetz to fight fresh Guinea iron ore bribery charges as...
MINING entrepreneur, Beny Steinmetz, is to fight Swiss corruption charges related to long-standing claims he paid bribes in order to win mining licences for Guinea's...
Kumba pays bumper R9.9bn interim dividend as post-Brumadinho iron ore price...
KUMBA Iron Ore declared an interim dividend of R9.9bn taking overall payouts to shareholders in 2019 to R13bn, including the end-2018 dividend, amid buoyant...