Zimplats workers return to work
Workers at the Zimbabwean unit of platinum miner Impala Platinum have returned to work after going on strike last week over electricity bills.
Safety stoppages hit Lonmin Q1, confirms target
Lonmin has posted a rise in first quarter output, despite the impact of safety stoppages which it warned could hit both sales and costs if current trends persist.
DMR task team to review safety stoppages
Government, industry and organised labour have established a task team that will
review how safety stoppages ‒ known as Section 54s ‒ are applied to the mining
industry.
Kolomela aids Kumba’s Q4 production
Kumba Iron Ore has reported a production increase of 4%, aided by the first contribution of the newly commissioned Kolomela mine.
Pan African Resources expect earnings surge
Pan African Resources says it is expecting an increase in interim headline earnings of up to 93%.
Anglo to face criminal probe in Chile
Chilean prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into Anglo American's sale
of a 24.5% stake in a local subsidiary to Japan's Mitsubishi.
Shock over Zimbabwe’s licence fee regime
The chairman of Zimbabwe’s parliamentary Committee on Mining and Energy, Edward
Chindori-Chininga, has criticised the country’s proposed hike in mining licence fees.
Sierra Leone in battle to avoid ‘resource curse’
Sierra Leone is fighting an uphill battle to avoid the 'resource curse' of high-level graft, civil unrest and a lack of economic diversity that has afflicted many regional neighbours.
Rand shields Merafe from ferrochrome woes
The weaker rand is giving Merafe Resources some respite from the distressed
ferrochrome market, analysts say, while the company has also secured debt to
finance the Lion expansion project.
SA platinum in troubled waters
Anything less than an annual output of 2.6 million ounces from Anglo American
Platinum for 2011 will support the growing perception that SA's platinum industry is
headed for hard times.