Zambia advances plans to shore up finances as gold to be...
ZAMBIA'S plans to shore up its finances took another turn last week after the southern African country amended legislation to make gold a strategic...
Strike ends at Tenke Fungurume after workers agree “isolation bonus” following...
A STRIKE at China Molybdenum’s Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) was bought to an end after only a day on Sunday, said Reuters citing Willy Kitobo Samsoni,...
Northam Platinum raises R411m in new funds as part of note...
NORTHAM Platinum has raised R411m in new funds after selling more new notes than it had initially planned as part of a previously announced...
AngloGold suspends Mponeng mine after 164 employees test positive for COVID-19
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti halted production at its Mponeng mine west of Johannesburg after 164 employees tested positive for COVID-19.
This is the largest single outbreak of...
Minerals Council dismisses as senseless union calls to shut COVID-19 hit...
THE Minerals Council of South Africa dismissed as senseless union calls for mines to be closed in the event of reporting cases of COVID-19.
"Indiscriminate...
Mauritania Govt. brings 17-day Tasiast strike to a close, says Kinross...
A SEVENTEEN day strike by employees at Tasiast, a mine owned by Kinross Gold, had been brought to a close today by the Mauritanian...
Reviewing coal contracts might be a good move for Eskom, depending...
COAL supply agreements between mining firms and Eskom are routinely private affairs which is why the idea of indexing domestic coal has failed to...
Deep-South scopes $341m Haib copper project in Namibia, says it will...
CANADIAN base metals development firm, Deep-South, said it could build an 86,000 ton a year copper cathode and sulphate mine in Namibia for $341m,...
Golden Star quarantines 60 employees at Ghana’s Prestea, but retains 2020...
GOLDEN Star expected to meet its 2020 gold production guidance notwithstanding interruptions at its Prestea mine in Ghana where up to 60 employees are...
Anglo to “fully co-operate” with Queensland mine safety inquiry following Grosvenor...
ANGLO American said it would "cooperate fully" with an inquiry by Australian authorities into coal safety in the country's Queensland state following an explosion...