Exxaro sees significant HEPS increase
Diversified miner Exxaro says it expects to report a rise in first-half headline earnings per share, boosted by a good performance at its coal business.
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.
Rio’s Albanese ‘realistic’ about Africa
CEO of the $127bn mining group says it serves to be realistic about where it can invest and that resource nationalism will be a challenge for 'years to come'.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Davies to probe Exxaro refinery closure
A team is to investigate the imminent shutting down of Exxaro's zinc plant, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies.
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.


















