SA mining through worst of Covid-19 production halts as precious metals...
SIBANYE-Stillwater, the gold and platinum producer, said earlier this month it didn’t expect a high risk of further operational disruption as a result of...
ARM writes down coal assets for R1.6bn, pays cautious final dividend...
AFRICAN Rainbow Minerals (ARM) impaired its thermal coal assets by R1.6bn owing to "the sharp decline" in export prices and lower sales volumes, the...
Merafe says impairments could take interim basic earnings loss to 39c/share
MERAFE Resources, the Johannesburg-listed ferrochrome producer that postponed its interim results until September whilst it absorbed the impact of impairment charges, said in a...
Minerals Council calls on Ramaphosa to enable prosecuting authorities to end...
THE Minerals Council South Africa said a call by the country's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, to clean up corruption in the ruling ANC was only...
Salt of the earth: how the world’s miners clocked the benefits...
The Danakil Depression in Eritrea is as inhospitable a location as it’s possible to find. It is hot, temperatures soar to 50 degrees Celsius,...
Top mining CEO acknowledges gender bias behind low proportion of women...
WOMEN comprise 51% of the country's population but only 12% of mining sector employment. It's a big miss this hasn't been addressed purposefully, especially considering...
Kore Potash to raise $7m via book-build for bankable study of...
KORE Potash is to raise $7m through an issue of shares in order to pay for the first phase of a definitive feasibility study...
Gold, copper price run to lead Master Drilling out of 2020...
MASTER Drilling expected trading conditions to remain "negative" for the remainder of its 2020 financial year as Covid-19 disruption continued to wreak havoc among...
Rio critics say executive bonus sanctions not enough after ancient cave...
RIO Tinto said it had acted appropriately in cutting bonuses of its key executives rather than firing them following a review into the destruction...
Three-quarters of foreign mineworkers returned to SA mines despite border closures
AN estimated 8,500 foreign mineworkers had returned to South Africa, equal to three-quarters of some 11,482 thought to have gone home during the Covid-19...