ARM boosts full-year profit, dividend
Diversified miner African Rainbow Minerals has reported a surge in full-year headline earnings, supported by higher commodity prices and says it expects prices to remain robust.
Zimbabwe gives Rio ‘part approval’
Rio Tinto's Murowa diamond mine in Zimbabwe says it has been given "part approval" for its plan to comply with indigenisation legislation.
First Uranium enters deal with Vulisango
First Uranium has entered into a R400,000 per month consulting contract with BEE group Vulisango Holdings.
Terms to be attached to mining licences
Mining licences will in future be granted with attached conditions, to ensure a supply of raw material for local industries seeking to further refine, or beneficiate, the extracted minerals, MPs hear.
First Uranium gets through key test
First Uranium has successfully completed the testing of its gold plant at Mine Waste Solutions, yet there remain obstacle for the group to mount.
BHP Billiton appeals power price verdict
The public will have to wait to find out what BHP Billiton’s Southern African aluminium operations pay for electricity.
Gold One posts interim profit
Gold One International has reported a swing to an interim profit, from a loss, after it doubled its production and cashed in on a higher gold price.
Namibia’s diamond, uranium output down
Namibia's diamond output more than halved in the second quarter of this year to 208,000 carats as economic woes hit demand, financial group Capricorn Investment Holdings said on Tuesday.
De Beers SA sees 6.5 mln carats for 2011
De Beers expects its SA business to produce 6.5 million carats in 2011, a million less than 2010 as the effects of mine disposals filter down, says the division's CEO.
Beneficiation not optional in new MPRDA
Government may force the mining sector to participate in beneficiation, at least as far as the supply of raw materials are concerned, according to policy proposals.