Northam Platinum to report sharply higher earnings
NORTHAM Platinum expects interim earnings to surge following stronger production and sales performance during the six months to December, said Business Day in a...
Mind the gap: Sibanye-Stillwater plans new era
SIBANYE-Stillwater’s founding CEO, Neal Froneman, was an expert at reinventing mines. In 2013, he took on Gold Fields’s faltering mines following their unbundling, and...
US Govt’s ‘Project Vault’ raises market disruption concerns
A $12bn minerals stockpiling initiative unveiled by the US has prompted questions from analysts and traders over potential market disruption and competition with allied...
Gabon says power shortage should not undermine ban
GABON'S mining minister has dismissed energy shortages as justification for missing the country's 2029 ban on raw manganese exports, rejecting industry warnings that power...
Zijin begins lithium production at disputed Congo site
CHINA'S Zijin Mining will commence production at the Democratic Republic of Congo's first lithium operation in June, with exports following immediately, the company and...
South32 confirms Mozal closure with loss of 4,000 jobs
SOUTH32 confirmed its Mozambique aluminium smelter Mozal will be put on care and maintenance next month amid last minute efforts by local authorities to...
Offshore investment will guarantee future of SA ferroalloys
THE endgame for South Africa's ferroalloys industry ought to be attracting foreign investment in downstream mineral processing that is supplied with competitively priced power,...
Caledonia bond issue signals Zimbabwe’s revival
CALEDONIA Mining CEO Mark Learmonth said on Wednesday that the company's $150m international capital raising for its Bilboes gold project had demonstrated Zimbabwe's renewed...
Consortium likely buyer for De Beers, says Anglo CEO
ANGLO American CEO Duncan Wanblad said the sale of the firm's 85% in De Beers will almost certainly result in a public-private consortium taking...
Glencore-US Govt is the perfect relationship rebound
MINING houses of the ilk of Rio Tinto and Glencore are the standard-bearers of industry consolidation. So how do you consolidate the consolidators? With...