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.
Canadians, Chinese in SA rare earth deal
Great Western Minerals is teaming up with a Chinese rare earth producer to build a rare earth processing plant in the Western Cape.
Strike to start at gold mines
The National Union of Mineworkers says wage talks with the country's big gold miners had broken down.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Investors score as Kumba ups dividend
Kumba Iron Ore has declared a record interim dividend as higher export iron ore prices more than made up for weather-related production losses.
Kumba eyes West Africa for growth
Kumba Iron Ore says it will again look at West Africa for expansion, aiming to source up to 20 million tonnes of ore from the region by 2020.