AngloGold Ashanti reports record earnings
AngloGold Ashanti cracked it in the June quarter, making record earnings from the rising gold price underpinned by good cost control.
Court to rule on BHP/Eskom power rates case
BHP Billiton will know on Friday whether the confidential rates it pays for electricity supply from Eskom for two of its aluminium smelters are to become public knowledge.
Gold miners return to hedging
For just the second time in five years, global gold miners have returned to net hedging.
First Uranium to meet key test, despite outage
First Uranium says the week-long outage of operations at Mine Waste Solutions will not affect the outcome of the Gold Wheaton completion test.
Emerging world buys gold as West wobbles
Central banks of emerging market countries have added more than $10bn of gold to their reserves this year, in a sign of waning faith in the West's benchmark bonds and currencies.
Impala in fresh wage talks
The National Union of Mineworkers plans talks with negotiators at Impala Platinum to head off a strike over wages that may impact global prices of the precious metal.
Gold miners jump on risk aversion
JSE-listed gold mining stocks have surged in early trade as investors take shelter from the deteriorating global economic outlook and Europe's worsening debt crisis.
Xstrata shakes off flooding woes
Xstrata has posted financials in line with forecasts, with a 30% jump in interim profit, pointing to a stronger second half as its copper unit helps the miner recover from a flood-hit start to 2011.
Gold producers, unions to resume talks
Gold mine workers and producers are to resume wage talks aimed at ending a strike that is costing the companies up to $25 million a day in lost output.
Ban chrome ore exports, says Merafe
Merafe CEO Stuart Elliot wants levys and volume curbs placed on the exports of chrome ore which he says are benefitting China and harming South Africa.