Burnstone is on the mend – CEO Ferdi Dippenaar
The troubled Burnstone mine is getting back on track according to an update from Great Basin Gold, but RBC Capital Markets has remained cautious following a recent visit.
Palabora granted new order rights
SA's largest copper producer Palabora Mining says it has been granted the conversion of its mining rights.
London Mining delays first Marampa shipment
Lonon Mining, which began producing iron ore from its Marampa operation in Sierra Leone earlier this month, has delayed its first shipment to January.
Platmin pledges JSE relisting by 2013
Platinum group metal producer Platmin says it has promised to relist on the JSE before January 2013.
Anglo American may sell Amapa
Anglo American is considering selling its majority stake in the Amapa iron ore operation in northern Brazil as it focuses on its flagship Minas-Rio growth project further south.
First Uranium to layoff staff at Ezulwini
First Uranium may retrench up to half of its employees at struggling Ezulwini, saying workers will have to prove their worth over Christmas to minimise layoffs.
Lonmin finalises wage deals
Lonmin and the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers Union have wrapped up outstanding wage increase negotiations.
Miners pressed to raise yields
Miners are coming under pressure to boost shareholder returns and redress a balance that has seen profit from higher commodity prices ploughed into growth programmes, salaries and taxes.
Congo elections ‘flawed’, says US envoy
Congo's elections, won by incumbent President Joseph Kabila according to provisional results, were seriously flawed, the US ambassador to the central African country said on Wednesday.
Harmony restarts Hidden Valley after quake
Harmony Gold said operations at Hidden Valley, its Papua New Guinea project, had resumed following an earthquake of 7.1 magnitude.