Kenmare gives nod to $106m plant move as part of one...
KENMARE Resources has given the long-expected approval to capital spend of some $106m for the relocation of its Wet Concentrator Plant (WCP) B - the...
South Africa’s Transnet wins court approval to stop ports strike
STRIKE action at some of South Africa's ports with potential to disrupt coal exports was narrowly avoided on May 29 after Transnet won a...
Ramaphosa reappoints Gwede Mantashe, but adds energy to mines minister’s portfolio
SOUTH African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, kept a steady hand on key cabinet positions today unveiling a national executive of the country's sixth administration in...
DRC’s Tshisekedi talks anti-corruption as seeks to repair IMF relationship
SIGNS that Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) president, Felix Tshisekedi, is interested in reform were in evidence yesterday when he met with the Washington-based...
Optimum and Koornfontein coal mines up for grabs
Optimum Coal Mine together with Optimum Coal Terminal and the independent Koornfontein Mines, in Mpumalanga are now up for sale within strict parameters as...
Tanzania to begin redistributing fallow mining land to small-scale miners
EFFORTS to reform Tanzania's minerals sector continued apace, according to Reuters which said the East African country would begin cancelling inactive mining exploration licences...
Dollar crunch and power cuts hurt Zimbabwe’s miners in the first...
A CURRENCY crunch and the first effects of the latest round of power cuts made their presence felt in Zimbabwe's mining sector in the...
Gordhan tells Minerals Council to abandon Charter court bid in favour...
SOUTH Africa’s public enterprises minister, Pravin Gordhan, revealed an embarrassingly shallow understanding on Tuesday evening of the mining industry’s multi-year struggle for policy certainty.
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Tharisa keeping the faith with Zimbabwe with progress “slow” but “enabling”
AFTER the euphoria of Robert Mugabe’s toppling in late 2017 after 37 years in power, Zimbabwe has returned to earth with a bit of...
Bushveld guides to higher vanadium despite plans for mid-winter downtime
BUSHVELD Minerals guided to a nine to 13% improvement in vanadium production from its Vametco facilities for its 2019/20 financial year, despite downtime of...