Gold price forecasts rise
Analysts have boosted gold price forecasts for this year and next due to persistent concerns over the euro zone debt crisis and the US recovery and debt.
Amplats battles on costs and safety
Profits are up and Anglo American Platinum has declared an interim dividend of R5 per share, but it's clearly tough going at the platinum mining face.
Strike to start at gold mines
The National Union of Mineworkers says wage talks with the country's big gold miners had broken down.
DMR shuts down Smokey Hills
Production at Platinum Australia’s Smokey Hills mine has been interrupted for the third time this year, following an order to do so by the department of mineral resources.
Amplats tightlipped on Zimbabwe
Amplats CEO Neville Nicolau has allocated a high priority to production growth from the Unki mine in Zimbabwe, but he's tightlipped over the latest indigenisation developments.
RBPlat expects lower Heps
Royal Bafokeng Platinum says headline earnings per share have declined in the first half.
De Beers strike starts
The National Union of Mineworkers' members at diamond producer De Beers Consolidated Mines has started a strike after wage talks failed, says a union official.
AngloGold takes up major First Uranium stake
Village Main Reef has sold the majority of the 26% stake it held in First Uranium to AngloGold Ashanti for R205m.
Namibia proposes mining tax hike
Namibia plans to raise its mining tax by 17% to boost revenue, but the hike will not apply to the diamond sector, says the ministry of finance.
Gold hovers around $1,600, eyes euro zone summit
Spot gold is trading around $1,600, with investors waiting for the outcome of a euro zone summit on Greece's debt crisis, while concerns around the US debt ceiling talks continue to support sentiment.