Tharisa signals Zimbabwe expansion as it exercises option over Salene Chrome...
THARISA, a chrome and platinum group metal (PGM) producer, has signalled its intention to embark on geographic diversification after it today announced it had exercised...
DRDGOLD to sustain 14-year dividend run despite third quarter earnings slump
DRDGOLD remained on course to pay a year-end dividend despite a slump in third quarter earnings quarter-on-quarter which was a consequence of lower gold...
Orion Minerals’ Smart calls on authorities to stamp out mafia-type intimidation...
ERROL Smart, CEO of Orion Minerals, described protests by local community members near its Prieska Copper-Zinc Project in the Northern Cape province as "mafia-type...
Mining services sector gears up for new cycle as funds for...
A FEATURE of the last metals and minerals 'supercycle' - in which prices for commodities rose to record levels between 2003 and 2008 -...
Orion Minerals extends R14m loan agreement with Anglo American fund
ORION Minerals said an R14.25m loan with Anglo American sefa Mining Fund (AASMF), had been extended to end-October.
The loan facility, raised to pay for...
AfriTin says $5.7m expansion of Uis tin mine feasible as metal...
A STUDY into the expansion of the Uis tin mine in Namibia had been proven feasible, said the project's backer, AfriTin.
Based on the findings...
Galiano Gold buys Mali greenfields prospect from Barrick Gold for $1.5m
GALIANO Gold has bought a gold exploration property in Mali for $1.5m from Barrick Gold taking the number of greenfield options under its control...
The Midas touch of Sibanye-Stillwater’s Neal Froneman
This article first appeared in the Finweek April 22 edition.
On the subject of his firm’s speculated merger with Gold Fields and AngloGold Ashanti, Neal...
Orion Minerals scopes OCM for R649m in capital following proof of...
ORION Minerals said today it would recommission the Okiep Copper Mine (OCM) in South Africa's Northern Cape province for A$58m (R649m) producing annual peak copper...
Mining Charter court hearing on ‘once-empowered, always-empowered’ to start May 3
SOUTH Africa's Mining Charter is in court again this week as producers and government face off over the issue of "continuing consequences", also known...