Implats delivers upbeat year-end message after ploughing through inventory during lockdown
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) processed the balance of its 350,000 ounces of platinum group metals (PGMs) inventory, brought forward plant maintenance, and escaped cancellations to...
Harmony forecasts mines up and running fully only in August as...
HARMONY Gold might not restore full mining at its South African operations until August as the return of migrant workers to the country was...
Eskom warns of load-shedding as unplanned breakdowns strike at four units
ESKOM told South Africans to prepare for the possibility of renewed load-shedding today following unexpected breakdowns of its fleet.
The announcement comes on the eve...
Bushveld Minerals says vanadium supply deficit in 2021 to support $100m...
BUSHVELD Minerals' $100m, five-year vanadium growth plans could prove decisive as the market was forecast to enter a supply deficit from next year, the...
AngloGold in dispute with community over proceeds from Klerksdorp rock dump
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti is embroiled in a dispute with people claiming that a gold dump in Klerksdorp was donated to them, a view the company...
Illegal mining on the rise following easing in lockdown regulations, say...
SOUTH African police say there has been a surge in illegal mining since the country eased lockdown regulations, according to a report by EyeWitness...
COVID-19 may hasten localisation of SA mining sector government so cravenly...
LOCALISATION in South Africa's mining sector is a controversial subject. The country's government has increasingly asked for it, making procurement from local firms a...
Squeeze on manganese not a COVID-19 thing, it’s just the nature...
THE ebb and flow in the price of manganese recently, which is important in the manufacture of steel to which it gives hardening properties,...
Pope Francis says COVID-19 will throw spotlight on environment and fossil...
POPE Francis said the drastic reduction in pollution during COVID-19 lockdowns globally ought to lead to greater concern for the environment.
"The lockdown has reduced...
PIC writes to AngloGold requesting information after CEO returns $800,000 bonus
SOUTH Africa's government-owned pension fund, the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), said it had written to AngloGold Ashanti asking for details on what action it...