Sallies gets approval for $2.8m loan
Shareholders in Sallies approved $2.8m loan to help bolster the recommissioning of its Witkop mine.
Firestone raises R12.6m in share issue
Firestone Energy has issued 9.6% of its share capital and ceded rights to underground gasification on tenements owned by it and Sekoko Resources in an effort to further fund its Smitspan project.
Gold heads for $2,000 on India festival buying
Worries about Euro debt and the imminence of more physical buying by Indians despite record spot prices will drive gold ever higher, analysts say.
Rio Tinto to sell out of Palabora
Rio Tinto's retreat from South Africa continues with the news that it will sell its controlling stake in copper producer Palabora after getting rid of its Chapudi coal project last year.
NUM settles with ARM, Anglo Platinum
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Monday it has reached a one-year wage deal with African Rainbow Minerals' Nkomati nickel mine.
Metorex sets up next DRC project
Metorex more than doubled profits in the six months to June which should please new
owners Jinchuan whose bid for the company was overwhelmingly accepted by
shareholders on Friday.
Motsepe SA’s richest man
Patrice Motsepe, executive chairperson of African Rainbow Minerals, is officially South Africa's Mr Moneybags.
Village declares Lesego to be shallower
Village said it had intersected platinum group metals at its 77%-held Lesego platinum prospect at some 700m, almost half the initial estimated depth of the resource.
Namakwa may get $30m credit back
Namakwa Diamonds, which owns Africa’s largest undeveloped diamond mine, is in discussions with its lender to reinstate a $30m credit line.
Miranda sack Nel from board
Upheaval continues at Miranda Mineral Holdings with non-executive director, Ron Nel, a former CEO of the company, removed from the board amid controversy.