Jubilee Platinum makes ConRoast breakthrough
Northam Platinum is looking at a JV with Jubilee Platinum which would utilise Jubilee's revolutionary ConRoast smelting technology to treat platinum concentrates from Northam's Booysendal mine.
Simmers cuts it fine on loan repayment
Simmer and Jack still needs to sell another R70m worth of bonds to meet the R100m repayment due to Rand Merchant Bank at the end of the month.
Highveld Q2 hot metal output jumps
Highveld Steel and Vanadium, SA's second-largest steel producer, has reported a 19.1%
increase in year-on-year production in the second quarter of 2010.
NUM overwhelmingly rejects Kumba’s wage offer
The National Union of Mineworkers says thousands of its members had "overwhelmingly" rejected Kumba Iron Ore's wage offer.
Iron ore prices to stay high
Iron ore prices will stay high for another two to three years according to institution MF Global which says China is investing in new iron ore projects in order to boost supply and lower prices.
Zim wants mining conducted by state
Zimbabwe would like to have all alluvial diamond mining conducted by the state, says Finance Minister Tendai Biti.
Aurora may receive R50m lifeline
Some R50m in emergency funds could be funelled to Aurora Empowerment Systems by a Swiss-based fund, provided the reverse takeover by Labat is complete.
De Beers’ $295m pact set aside
A legal technicality could see De Beers angling for new solutions to antitrust claims in the US after it was found on appeal this week that not all plantiffs could benefit from its $295m settlement trust.
Resgen goes for it in the Waterberg
Australian junior Resource Generation has big plans for its proposed coal mine in the Waterberg but success will depend on solving critical railway and port infrastructure bottlenecks.
African Minerals bags new investment in China
African Minerals has sealed a second investment deal with a Chinese group for its flagship iron ore project in Sierra Leone, selling a 25% stake to Shandong Iron & Steel for $1.5bn.