Low value diamond market hanging on for inevitable demise of Rio’s...
DIAMONDS may be a girl’s best friend, but they have done few favours for investors over the past few years. Right now, the diamond...
Optimum Coal Mines heading for stalemate as creditors argue over Eskom...
THERE was no immediate prospect that Optimum Coal Mines would be sold as a legal dispute between creditors would make it impossible to hold...
Northam to post 190% boost in interim earnings as non-platinum PGMs...
NORTHAM Platinum said normalised headline earnings for the six months ended December 31 was expected to come in some 190% higher owing to an...
GEM Diamonds’ Letseng keeps momentum going on 100 carat recoveries
GEM Diamonds Lesotho-based mine Letseng continued to yield diamonds over 100 carats, the company said in a fourth quarter production update today, adding that...
“What a Difference a Year Makes:” Minerals Council on Indaba 2019
MINERS dig in for the long haul, but sentiment can have seismic shifts in the short term. That's the prognosis of the Minerals Council...
Drones: The Next Frontier in Mine Safety
WHEN a mine disaster strikes, sending in rescue teams can be fraught with danger. One solution that the Wits Mining Institute (WMI) has been...
Harvesting Honey while Thwarting Elephants: Innovative Ways to Earn Mining Social...
A MINING exploration project in Central Africa was running into difficulty: the promised jobs were not materialising, and the companies involved needed to make...
A Portrait of South Africa’s Junior Miners begins to Emerge
MINERALS Council South Africa said this week that it has been compiling data on junior and emerging miners, with some green shoots starting to sprout...
Eskom to be restructured into three entities as Ramaphosa puts end...
SOUTH Africa's energy utility, Eskom, would be restructured into three entities of generation, transmission and distribution all of which would remain under the control...
Land issue and corruption: South Africa’s “original” and current sins have...
SOUTH Africa's explosive land issue and its commitment to rooting out corruption were key concerns for investors who remained wary of a mining sector...