Kropz may need to raise $100m to realise long-term diversification goals
PHOSPHATE mine developer, Kropz, which is completing the Elandsfontein mine near Langebaan north of Cape Town, will need to raise about $80m to $100m...
’60 pages of murky text and obscure formulae’: What to make...
THE South African government's Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) took the opportunity of a quiet December period to gazette the 'Guideline Regulations' to Mining...
First Quantum calls off 2,500 job cull in favour of talks...
FIRST Quantum Minerals is to end plans to layoff 2,500 workers in Zambia due to higher tax plans in favour of continuing discussions with...
President John Magufuli’s Tanzania to re-allocate mineral-bearing property
THE reform of Tanzania's mining sector continued apace after the east African country's controversial president, John Magufuli, said the state would take back tracts...
Obuasi artisanal miner invasion will not be repeated, pledges Ghana’s Akufo-Addo
THE invasion of AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi mine in Ghana by artisanal miners would not be repeated, said Bloomberg News which cited assurances given by...
PIC suspends Fidelis Madavo amid questions of R4.3bn investment in Ayo...
FORMER mining analyst and the current head of listed investments at the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), Fidelis Madavo, has been suspended by the government-owned...
Quartermaine deems timely Q1 start critical for Perseus Mining’s $264m Yaouré
PERSEUS Mining MD, Jeff Quartermaine, said it was crucial the company began "full scale" development of its third mine, the $264m Côte d’Ivoire project, Yaouré,...
Secondary strike at Sibanye-Stillwater platinum mines may not be widely supported
SIBANYE-Stillwater raised the possibility that support for a secondary strike at its platinum mines may not be well supported, but it also cautioned that...
Fourteen Rwandan miners killed after hill at tin mine collapses
FOURTEEN miners were killed after a hill collapsed on them following heavy rains at the premises of a tin mine in Rwanda, said Reuters.
The...
Universal Coal on track for annualised output of 8.5Mt after starting...
UNIVERSAL Coal, the Australian-listed coal producer that operates in South Africa's Mpumalanga province, expected to achieve annualised coal production of 8.5 million tonnes (Mt/y)...