Valterra spritzes up maiden year with R5.3bn special dividend
VALTERRA Platinum is to pay shareholders a special dividend of R5.3bn – R20 per share – taking its final dividend for the 2025 financial...
SA bank says gold to end above $6,000/oz this year
SO how do your economic projections play against those of the experts? This was the subject of a fun "View from the Room" session...
Glencore buys cobalt hoard for US defence stockpile
GLENCORE has agreed to purchase nearly 2,000 tons of cobalt from industry veteran Rami Weisfisch in a deal worth close to $115m at current...
US set to ease steel and aluminium tariff scope
THE US is expected to narrow the range of goods subject to its 50% tariff on products containing steel and aluminium within weeks, said...
DRC replaces top officials at state mining company
THE Democratic Republic of Congo's president has replaced the chairman and CEO of state-owned mining company Gecamines, which holds stakes in copper and cobalt...
ICCM says government policy has tightened the metals cycle
THE energy transition and its critical minerals supply chain has put mining into the orbit of government policy – with important consequences for the...
DRDGold moots plan to buy Sasol’s cyanide facility
DRDGOLD CEO Niël Pretorius has highlighted the danger posed to South Africa’s gold producers by shortages of sodium cyanide produced by Sasol which is...
B2Gold founder Johnson to retire as CEO
B2GOLD Corp has announced that Clive Johnson, the gold miner's founder and long-serving CEO, will retire at the company's annual general meeting on June...
Gold climbs on tariff chaos and dollar weakness
GOLD extended a run of gains on Monday, rising towards $5,180 an ounce as uncertainty over US trade policy rattled markets and weighed on...
Lebanon gold sale mooted to end financial crisis
LEBANESE bankers and politicians are privately debating whether to sell or lease part of the country's vast gold reserves to help resolve an economic...