Gold One bondholders stay put
Mining junior Gold One International says none of its bondholders has exercised a once-off put option to redeem bonds for cash.
Platmin’s forecast fiddling to stop, says CEO
Ongoing downward adjustments of production forecasts at junior miner Platmin have come to an end, says CEO Tom Dale.
BHP kills Potash bid, revives buyback
BHP Billiton has scrapped its $39bn bid for Potash Corp, and says it will return $4.2bn to investors through a share buyback.
Xstrata refutes Mandela link
Global resources group Xstrata has taken umbrage at insinuations of improper conduct in the sale of its former Maloma operations to Chancellor House.
Shabangu exposes mine audit subversion
UPDATED: Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu has cited bribery and intimidation as some of the challenges her department faced in the audit of mining and prospecting licences.
Uranium One loss narrows
Uranium One has posted a narrower quarterly loss, assisted by an increase in production.
Nationalisation study gets underway
The ruling ANC will appoint two independent researchers to investigate the nationalisation of mines, says secretary general Gwede Mantashe.
John Block mined with forged licence
Controversial ANC Northern Cape chairperson John Block is a director of a company that for years has mined salt in the Kalahari with a fraudulent mining licence, court records show.
Gold falls most since July
GOLD has suffered its biggest fall in four months, tumbling 3% as Chinese rate-hike talk and eurozone debt worries triggered widespread unwinding of risk in commodities.
Zambia reports sharp rise in copper output
Copper production in Zambia has risen significantly due to favourable mining conditions, says the country's central bank.