United we stand (or fall): In a sign of weakness, SA’s...
UNIONS in South Africa's mining sector have never been so united. Tellingly, this may be a sign of weakness in the wider labour movement:...
Orion chief says copper market is heading for a big rebound
BANKING on a rebound in the copper price while developing several mineral deposits isn’t for the faint of heart. When the price of the...
Sibanye-Stillwater pushes out PGM target at US mine to 2027 following...
SIBANYE-Stillwater has forecast a sharp drop in production from its Stillwater palladium mine in Montana following a one-in-200 year flood event in June which...
Lucara starts shaft-sinking at $547m project to extend the life...
Toronto-listed Lucara Diamond Corporation (Lucara) generated US$120.5m in diamond sales from its Karowe mine in Botswana during the six months to end-June and has...
A broader approach needed to make mining safer for women
ALMOST all women in the mining sector, anywhere in the world, will have a bad story to tell. At its worst it might be...
Kropz takes on more debt as Elandsfontein hits mining ...
Phosphate developer Kropz has run into mining problems which will further delay the ramp-up of operations at its Elandsfontein phosphate mine in the Western...
Ten years after the Marikana atrocity, social pressures are building dangerously
A REPORT produced by South Africa's auditor-general, Tsakani Maluleke, in June painted a bleak picture of local government performance. Only 16% of the country's...
Bristow targets the last of Barrick’s legacy headaches before weighing his...
IT was no surprise Mark Bristow, CEO of Barrick Gold, delayed his retirement. After saying shortly after the merger of his Randgold Resources with...
Barrick adds to its Tier One gold portfolio through Tanzanian transformation
Barrick Gold CEO Mark Bristow believes the group’s two mines in Tanzania have the potential to achieve “combined Tier One status in Barrick’s portfolio”...
SA’s major coal exporters yet to sign new rail terms with...
GLENCORE said it hadn't yet signed a contract addendum with Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) for coal exports on the rail line to Richards Bay...