Record profits for Gem Diamonds
Gem Diamonds earned record profits in the six months to end-June as prices for the top class diamonds it produces from the Letseng and Ellendale mines went through the roof.
Pan African to spin out Manica
Pan African Resources will list its Manica gold project separately to speed up development while it focusses on growing its core South African businesses.
Gold tops $1,850/oz
Gold has surged more than 1% to a record high above $1,850 an ounce, as investors reach for the safety of bullion amid a worsening economic outlook for the USA.
Harare ultimatum to foreign firms
Zimbabwe has given foreign companies a 14-day ultimatum to submit "acceptable' plans on transferring majority stakes to locals or risk losing permits.
Bonanza payout for Exxaro workers
Exxaro Resources mineworkers stand to receive up to R117,000 each in November when the group's first broad-based employee share incentive scheme matures.
Northam battles unit, capital cost hikes
The Booysendal project will now cost R3.9bn in today's money terms forcing the platinum producer, troubled by poor geology and rising costs, to seek additional debt finance.
Exxaro coins it from coal and mineral sands
Coal and heavy mineral sands paid off big-time for Exxaro Resources in the six months to end-June, along with the usual hefty contribution from its stake in Kumba's Sishen iron ore mine.
Chavez to nationalise Venezuelan gold industry
Venezuela will nationalise its gold industry and is moving its international reserves out of Western countries, says President Hugo Chavez.
Shabangu worried about mine ‘carnage’
Mines Minister Susan Shabangu has described the mounting death toll in the country's mines as "carnage", saying there is a link between the pursuit of profits and the body count.
ICT: Kumba’s Sishen rights ‘non-existent’
Imperial Crown Trading 289 has questioned the status of Kumba's 78.4% mining right over Sishen mine, saying the firm had not registered its converted
right on time.