DRDGold gives priority to R10bn capex over dividends
CAPITAL expenditure will take priority over dividend payments for the next three years until DRDGold completes a R10bn programme to add another ton of...
Thungela teaches the Aussies how to improve their mine safety performance
IN a surprising development South African coal producer Thungela Resources is teaching the Australian mining industry a thing or two about mine safety judging...
Sylvania completes scoping study on Volspruit project on the Northern Limb
SYLVANIA Platinum - which produced 72,704oz of platinum group metals (pgm) from retreating dump material in the year to end-June - has finalised a...
Thungela shareholders hang in there for better results despite coal’s blackened...
Thungela Resources cut its interim dividend for the six months to end June by 80% yet the share price was up 2.5% on the...
China metals strategy aimed at countering punitive Western tariffs says SP...
CHINA is implementing a strategy to import metal concentrates from around the world but then restrict refined metal exports for strategic political interests and...
SA gold sector in deep decline despite record prices says Minerals...
THE record high gold price has not been able to stop the “deep structural decline” of South Africa’s gold sector according to Minerals Council...
Botswana Diamonds to use Artificial Intelligence to pinpoint gem deposits
DIAMOND junior explorer Botswana Diamonds (BOD) is to use artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up assessment of the company’s huge mineral database in Botswana...
Exxaro hopes to announce developments on M&A strategy by year-end
EXXARO hopes to make an announcement on developments in its merger and acquisition (M&A) strategy “before the end of the year” according to chief...
Bristow calls ‘B-S’ on retirement speculation
BARRICK Gold CEO Mark Bristow has described an article in Toronto newspaper The Globe and Mail reporting that he "raised the possibility he may...
DRDGold misses the boat on the gold price as production drops
DRDGOLD is the latest gold producer to miss out on the gold bonanza of the past six months because of falls in production which...