First Quantum Minerals co-founder and chairman Philip Pascall dies
FIRST Quantum Minerals co-founder, Philip Pascall has died, the Toronto-listed copper producer announced on Tuesday. Pascall helped found the company in 1996 serving as its...
Seriti to retrench Klipspruit miners in order to save group –...
COAL miner Seriti Power is considering laying off around 600 employees at its Klipspruit colliery in South Africa's Mpumalanga province or face imperilling the...
Thungela to appeal water use licence decision for 2.4Mt/y coal project
THUNGELA Resources is to appeal a decision by a tribunal which declined a water use application for Palmietkuilen, a proposed 2.4 million ton a...
Harmony Gold says it has the blue print for combating illegal...
HARMONY Gold said last month it had eradicated most of the illegal gold mining in the Free State province after closing up more than...
SA manganese exports disrupted after seas pummel Gqeberha port
MANGANESE exports from South Africa have been disrupted after heavy seas over the weekend damaged the rail line at the country's Gqeberha port in...
Through self-help SA’s miners have pared the power crisis
THE mood wasn’t exactly celebratory, but Impala Platinum (Implats) spoke for South Africa’s mining industry when it acknowledged last week that Eskom-sponsored load curtailment...
Perseus to move into underground mining as extends Yaouré to 2035
PERSEUS Mining will mine underground for the first time as part of the life extension of Yaouré, an operation in Côte d'Ivoire.
The Australian-listed company...
B2Gold plans to re-assess Gramalote after taking on AngloGold share
AngloGold Ashanti has agreed to sell its indirect 50% stake in the Gramalote project in Colombia to its partner, B2Gold, for $60 million, to...
Commissioning delay pushes out first gold from Gold Fields Salares Norte...
First gold from Gold Fields’ Salares Norte mine under construction in Chile will be delayed to the end of Q4, rather than the beginning...
Petra Diamonds keeps faith in diamond market deficit as production ramps...
The question hanging over Petra Diamonds’ plans to ramp up output by 1.3 million carats over the next three years is whether this production...