Gold Fields suspends Tarkwa heap leaching
Gold Fields said it was seeking reopening of its heap leaching activities at
Tarkwa gold mine in Ghana after offering to build water treatment facilities
there.
Gold mines face radical downsizing
The decline in SA’s share of world gold production is hardly a new phenomenon,
but the prospect of a structural shift in the industry’s composition has swung
into view for the first time.
Buffelsfontein continues to dog Village Main
Buffelsfontein continues to give mining junior Village Main Reef a hard time,
and was the main contributor to the company missing output guidance for a
third consecutive quarter.
Gold protocol to sideline informal miners
The world’s major gold producers seek to draw an iron curtain between their
mines and especially Africa’s enormous, varied informal gold industry.
Gold Fields in lashing over mine deaths
Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources, Godfrey Oliphant, has singled out Gold
Fields as the biggest contributor to mine deaths in the year so far.
Modder East strike hits Gold One output
Gold One International’s second-quarter production has come in lower than
guidance, mainly due to labour-related disruptions at its flagship Modder East
mine.
Aurora boss baffles with surety notice
Aurora Empowerment Systems director Zondwa Mandela wants the company’s
liquidators to come up with a R1m surety for its court application against him.
Central Rand Gold looks to a second coming
Central Rand Gold may well become a modern-day Lazarus after being left for
dead by the markets barely nine months ago.
Gold Fields on track to achieve guidance
Gold Fields is on track to achieve its ouput guidance for 2012, after producing 862,000 oz of gold during the second quarter.
DRDGold in R111m bond issue
The JSE has granted DRDGold a listing for a domestic medium-term note
programme, paving the way for the gold miner to raise R111m.