Harmony tempers JV partner’s SA gold discovery exuberance
IN a divergence between the way exploration and production firms see the future, Harmony Gold has tempered comments by joint venture partner White Rivers...
Gold shares in vogue as Sibanye, Gold Fields return to Top...
THE return to favour of South Africa’s gold sector among investors was effectively rubber-stamped today as both Sibanye Gold and Gold Fields took their...
Cadiz and Peter Skeat working on Blyvoor resurrection
Cape Town financial institution Cadiz Corporate Solutions is spearheading the raising of US$70m to start two mining projects – one surface and one underground...
Numbers suggest AngloGold’s future is not in South Africa
THE strategy behind the proposed demerger of AngloGold Ashanti’s South African gold mines was to give special focus to the ageing mines as well...
DRDGold pays out to the hilt
DRDGold CEO Niel Pretorius has delivered on the promise made in February that the dump retreatment company would be an “aggressive” dividend payer with...
Sibanye to weigh platinum mines as safety stoppages hit viability
SIBANYE Gold said it was studying the viability of operations held in its newly acquired Aquarius Platinum following the issuance of safety-related stoppages, the...
How could Harmony have got Kusasalethu so horribly wrong?
I am gobsmacked by Harmony Gold’s announcement that it will chop the remaining life-of-mine at Kusasalethu from 24 years to five years through a...
Gold price must improve to incentivise industry recovery: Holland
THE world's gold industry will need the price of its metal to improve further in order to support investment in fresh resources, said Gold...
Section 54s cost SA mines R4.8bn in 2015, and 2016 may...
A REPORT by the Chamber of Mines of South Africa (CoM) estimates the application of safety stoppages - known as Section54s in terms of...
South Deep lifts Gold Fields, but CEO Nick Holland scolds analysts’...
GOLD Fields' shares surged on the JSE this morning - at one stage trading at R87.95 nearly 5% up on Wednesday’s closing price -...