COVID-19 travel restrictions may impinge on timing of Kinross’ Tasiast expansion
TRAVEL restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic could delay the development of Kinross Gold Corporation's phase two expansion of Tasiast, a gold mine...
Kinross disagrees with “opportunistic” strike called by unionised employees at Tasiast
KINROSS Corporation described a strike that started today among unionised employees at its Tasiast mine as an "opportunistic course of action during the global...
Endeavour Mining, SEMAFO merger proposal vote set down for May 28
A SHAREHOLDER vote regarding the proposed merger between Endeavour Mining and SEMAFO is to take place on May 28 after the two companies filed a...
Gold market subjected to unprecedented change in Q1, says World Gold...
GLOBAL gold demand was stable in the first three months of 2020 as a decline in jewellery purchases caused by COVID-19 lockdowns was offset...
Newcrest Mining keen to reopen talks with PNG government on Wafi-Golpu...
NEWCREST Mining was ready to resume talks with Papua New Guinea (PNG) to develop its major Wafi-Golpu gold project held in joint venture with...
VMR stays retrenchments until after COVID-19 lockdown after meeting with mines...
VILLAGE Main Reef (VMR) has postponed retrenchments at its Tau Lekoa and Kopanang mines in South Africa until after the COVID-19 lockdown, said Reuters.
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Illegal gold miners too scared to surface as SA police intensify...
ILLEGAL gold miners in South Africa are hiding underground, too scared to surface as police on patrol enforcing the COVID-19 lockdown might arrest them,...
West African Resources buys B2Gold’s Toega prospect in Burkina Faso for...
AUSTRALIAN-listed firm, West African Resources, has agreed to buy the Toega gold deposit from B2Gold and its partner, GAMS-Mining F&I for $45m, the company...
Perseus plays it cautiously despite solid March Q, drawing down $100m
PERSEUS Mining generated strong cash in the third (March) quarter of its financial year, but it took the precaution of drawing down on available...
SA mining toils in post lock-down restart, but for gold miners...
THE South African government's is logical on paper: get the mining sector operating again and a substantial part of the secondary and tertiary sectors...