Gold tops $5,390 as Middle East conflict deepens
GOLD rose for a fourth consecutive session on Monday, climbing as much as 2.2% to above $5,390 an ounce as the widening conflict in...
Aluminium surges on Middle East conflict supply fears
ALUMINIUM prices jumped as conflict in the Middle East raised fears over disruption to a critical shipping route used by producers responsible for nearly...
Zambia refuses to take sides in minerals race
ZAMBIA will not align politically with any global power in exchange for investment in its critical minerals, President Hakainde Hichilema told the Financial Times,...
Glencore Merafe extends deadline ahead of definitive power tariff
GLENCORE Merafe Joint Venture said on Friday it would keep its ferrochrome operations in South Africa open for another month, until the end of...
South Africa slashes power tariff to rescue smelters
SOUTH Africa's electricity minister on Friday unveiled a heavily discounted power tariff for the country's beleaguered ferrochrome industry in what he is quoted to...
Zimbabwe pushes Chinese miners to process lithium locally
A CHINESE lithium producer has begun construction of a lithium processing plant in Zimbabwe as the southern African country tightens controls on raw mineral...
Northam starts initial work on Zondereinde expansion
NORTHAM Platinum has approved a R500m capital programme that will provide it with an option to expand production at its Zondereinde mine to more...
Petra Diamonds warns rand strength a “major headwind”
PETRA Diamonds continues to leak cash as "subdued" market prices were made worse by a strengthening of the rand against the dollar - identified...
Northam Platinum to pay record R2.8bn interim dividend
NORTHAM Platinum declared a record R2.8bn interim dividend following a strong recovery in headline earnings for the six months to end-December.
The year-on-year improvement was...
Cockerill’s 20-bagger: why discovery gives Endeavour edge
"IN an earlier life I must have been a fireman because instead of displaying rational behaviour in situations like this and running away, I...