Harmony Gold never better placed to build Wafi-Golpu
HARMONY Gold had never been in a better position to finance and build the massive Wafi-Golpu copper/gold project in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in...
Ivanhoe to overhaul mining at Congo’s Kakula mine
FUTURE mining operations at the Kakula copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo would be drastically modified following seismic activity in May which...
Sibanye-Stillwater to restart R5bn Burnstone gold project
SIBANYE-Stillwater is expected to approve the restart of its R5bn Burnstone gold project in South Africa's Mpumalanga province.
Neal Froneman, CEO of the precious metals...
Copper projects hamstrung by spiralling cost of capital
THE cost of capital was increasingly becoming a challenge in building new copper mines as resurgent inflation and factors such as infrastructure development drove...
AVZ resumes Congo lithium dispute proceedings
AUSTRALIA'S AVZ Minerals said on Tuesday it will resume proceedings against the Democratic Republic of Congo over mining rights to the Manono lithium deposit...
Congo cobalt ban and peace deal mark crossroads
TWO major developments in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been largely obscured as global attention focuses on conflict in the Middle East, said...
Froneman to lead Formula 1 consortium post retirement
NEAL Froneman surprised mining investors on Tuesday declaring he would step into motorsport when he leaves Sibanye-Stillwater, the precious metals miner he founded in...
Valterra CEO confident platinum price rally is sustainable
THIS year’s Platinum Week conference in London in May was a turning point for platinum group metals (PGMs) and the miners, said Valterra Platinum...
First Quantum suspends operations after fatal accident
FIRST Quantum Minerals said on Monday it had temporarily suspended operations in the area of an accident at the Trident project in Zambia which...
Mali reopens Barrick office under court administrator
MALIAN tax officials have reopened Barrick Mining's office in the capital under a court-appointed administrator, after it was shuttered in April over alleged non-payment...