BHP posts slide in interim profit lower ore quality from Escondida...
BHP posted an eight percent decline in interim profit today as copper earnings slumped because of declining ore quality at its Escondida mine and...
Brazil bans upstream mining dams, orders decommissioning by 2021
BRAZIL'S government banned new upstream mining dams in the wake of the Brumadinho disaster which has so far claimed 169 lives, said Reuters.
The government also...
Picture emerging from Anglo companies saying Charter needs amendment on renewals
KUMBA Iron Ore is concerned that an important aspect of the Mining Charter - gazetted last September - may be difficult to implement which...
AngloGold puts Cerro Vanguardia up for sale, acknowledges more asset sales...
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti put clear blue water between itself and recent merger and acquisition activity in the global gold industry saying in comments to its...
Motsepe’s AREP will not benefit from President Ramaphosa’s proposed unbundling of...
PATRICE Motsepe, chairman of African Rainbow Energy and Power (AREP), said the separation of Eskom into three separate entities would not benefit his company...
Tronox completes first stage of ‘redomiciliation’ with purchase of Exxaro stake...
TRONOX, the New York-listed mineral sands company, had completed the first stage of its redomiciliation, according to Exxaro Resources in a statement to the Johannesburg...
Duffy to be supported by “seasoned miners”, says Petra’s Dippenaar as...
OUTGOING Petra Diamonds CEO, Johan Dippenaar, who will leave the company at the end of March after more than 12 years in the job,...
Business rescue practitioners: sinners or the more sinned against?
TWO controversies currently underway in South Africa’s mining sector have thrown into question the role played by business rescue practitioners (BRPs). It’s not the...
There’s Liquidity In Gas
Mozambique is no stranger to mega-projects with large foreign direct investments dating back to the 90’s. Mozambique, through its National Oil Company, has again...
Petra appoints former AngloGold CFO Richard Duffy to take helm from...
LONDON-listed Petra Diamonds, which owns the Finsch, Cullinan, Koffiefontein and Williamson mines in southern Africa, has appointed former AngloGold Ashanti executive, Richard Duffy, to...