Lucapa Diamond discussing debt restructure after lockdown threatens to trigger default...
LUCAPA Diamond Company is to suspend production at its Mothae mine in Lesotho as procurement of supplies and equipment would be affected by the...
Golden Star to halt production for 24 hours at Prestea mine...
GOLDEN Star suspended production at its Prestea gold mine in Ghana today following a fatal accident at the mine on Wednesday (March 24).
The incident...
First Quantum re-routing Zambia copper exports after SA imposes border restrictions
FIRST Quantum Minerals was exporting copper from its Zambian mines through alternate routes after restrictions were imposed by South Africa.
Commenting in an update regarding...
SA miners count the cost of COVID-19 lockdown as projects, production,...
SOUTH African mining firms began to count the cost of the three week shut down ordered by President Cyril Ramaphosa last night - effective...
Gemfields unable to convene gemstone auction owing to COVID-19 travel ban
GEMFIELDS, the coloured gemstone mining and marketing firm, could not provide a forecast for its financial performance in the current financial year as COVID-19...
Master Drilling passes the dividend, cuts maintenance spend as gears up...
MASTER Drilling, a Johannesburg-listed mining technology company, passed the dividend and slashed maintenance capital for its current financial year so it could weather uncertain...
SA mining to shut for 3 weeks after Ramaphosa unveils lockdown...
SOUTH Africa's mining sector will go into a three week hibernation from March 26 in terms of President Cyril Ramaphosa's dramatic lock-down announcement this...
Sibanye-Stillwater to slow Blitz PGM project as US tightens COVID-19 prevention...
PROGRESS at Sibanye-Stillwater's Blitz project in the US has been hit by local health authority restrictions aimed at slowing the proliferation of the COVID-19...
Endeavour Mining unveils merger with SEMAFO to create 1 million oz/year...
ENDEAVOUR Mining injected fresh life into its expansion ambitions unveiling today a definitive agreement for an all-share merger with SEMAFO, a Toronto-listed firm operating...
World’s mining companies start to shut production as COVID-19 extends reach
SUPPLIES of minerals and metals to world markets may decline after a number of large mining companies temporarily stopped work at mines in the...