Kenmare Resources ends 2019 in reasonable fettle amid improving ilmenite market
KENMARE Resources had targeted ilmenite production between 800,000 to 900,000 tons in the current 2020 financial year after a relatively disappointing production period in...
Scholes pressing ahead with High Court challenge to have Mining Charters...
MINING lawyer, Hulme Scholes, is pushing ahead relentlessly with his legal action to have South Africa’s latest versions of the Mining Charter scrapped and...
Anglo submits £386m bid for Sirius Minerals as strikes out into...
ANGLO American has made an all cash £386m offer for UK-listed Sirius Minerals which is developing a project to mine fertiliser from a prospect...
Machete-wielding gangs competing for gold threaten to destabilise Zimbabwe, says ZHRC
VIOLENCE perpetrated by gangs competing for resources in Zimbabwe's artisanal gold mining sector has the potential to destabilise the country, said BusinessLive which cited...
Rio Tinto says titanium slag to come in at lower end...
RIO Tinto said it would achieve "regular production" of titanium dioxide slag from its Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) facility during early January following negotiations...
Different but crucial existential questions posed for SA and world mining...
Roger Baxter, the lanky CEO of the Minerals Council, is an optimistic kind of guy. He stoutly believes, for instance, that South Africa's economic...
Minerals Council urges Govt. to allow private money help re-wire SA’s...
SOUTH Africa's mining industry has called on Government for a mindset overhaul in respect of the country's electricity supply, saying that load-shedding was tantamount...
Base says Toliara is Madagascar’s best new investment as talks on...
BASE Resources was confident it could reach agreement with Malagasy government over new fiscal arrangements for its proposed $500m mineral sands project, Toliara.
It added...
Madagascar lodges bill aimed at hiking royalties, taking stake in mining...
MADAGASCAR plans to increase its royalties on nickel and cobalt to 4% from 2% at present, said Reuters citing a draft mining law.
The law,...
Kenmare’s strengthening grip underlined by $150m balance sheet restructure
KENMARE Resources unveiled a balance sheet restructuring today in which it replaced short-term project debt with corporate facilities totalling $150m.
The company said the restructure...