West African power bloc ECOWAS suspends Guinea following coup
THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), West Africa's 15-member political and economic bloc, suspended Guinea's membership on Wednesday and called for the...
Platinum forecast to swing to surplus in 2021 as SA mine...
DESTOCKING of platinum group metal (PGM) inventories by South African mining firms sent the platinum market into surplus of 161,000 ounces in the second...
Is Assore planning a move into PGMs after taking beachhead in...
ASSORE, the iron ore investment company, has bought a 5% stake in Gemfields which mines and markets emeralds and rubies from Zambia and Mozambique,...
Direct to the jeweller: diamond miners are bypassing the traditional sites
A DIAMOND may be forever, but the routes that the gems take from the mine to consumers are not set in stone.
The traditional site...
De Beers posts $515m in seventh cycle sales as diamond market...
DE Beers reported seventh cycle rough diamond sales of $515m in line with the previous sixth cycle sales which totalled $514m.
Compared to the seventh...
Pan African to post up to 78% gain in full year...
PAN African Resources will report a full year share earnings increase of up to 78% owing to an increase in gold production and a...
Why are we asking for mining policy certainty when it’s policy...
COBALT, copper, lithium, manganese, nickel and the platinum group metals (PGMs): these are some of the key minerals for a low-carbon future. And sub-Saharan...
Bauxite prices peak despite attempts to Guinea coup leader reassuring miners
THE price of bauxite recorded its highest price in 18 months following a military coup in Guinea, said Reuters.
Bauxite, used in the manufacture of...
ARM singles out vanadium as long term battery metal investment target
AFRICAN Rainbow Minerals (ARM) intended to broaden its commodity reach into more battery metals such as vanadium, said the group's CEO, Mike Schmidt.
"I think...
ARM doubles capital outlay for 2022 as commodity price gains boost...
AFRICAN Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has announced a 50% increase in capital expenditure for its 2022 financial year in the first of three years of...