South Deep, a story of the big mine that couldn’t
THERE is a story told of how Barrick executives were seen at the 2006 Denver Gold Conference conducting 'running high fives' having earlier in...
Rustenburg is a tightrope that must be traversed: Implats’ Muller
This article first appeared in The Mining Yearbook 2018 distributed through Finweek on August 9, but written a month before. The article has been...
Analysts weigh a Gold Fields without the South Deep albatross
GOLD Fields CEO, Nick Holland, was yesterday adamant his company was not considering shutting or selling South Deep, the West Rand mine where up...
Holland begs indulgence as hope still burns of return on Gold...
GOLD Fields CEO, Nick Holland, will ask shareholders to indulge his team for another long haul on South Deep, the in-distress West Rand mine...
Mali to buy additional 10% stake in B2Gold’s Fekola for $47m
B2GOLD, the Toronto-listed gold producer, operating in Mali and Namibia, said the Malian government would subscribe for another 10% stake in its Fekola gold...
Gold Fields restructures South Deep, affecting 1,560 staff
NICK Holland's hope that "green shoots" had appeared in respect of Gold Fields' South Deep production plans came to nought today after the group...
Can’t allow ego to stand in way of DRDGold’s future –...
"ANYONE can be a CEO; you can be the CEO of your corner shop if you want to,” said Niël Pretorius who actually doesn’t...
Add women in mining to agenda of DMR’s Safety Summit next...
THE safety of women working in mining - especially underground mines - ought to be added to the list of important items to discuss...
Govt., AMCU outrage misses Implats desire to reallocate growth capital
IT was as if Impala Platinum CEO, Nico Muller, had a nose for the brewing storm when he told journalists at the announcement of...
Zambia’s Equinox described by Barrick chairman as world’s worst deal
BARRICK executive chairman, John Thornton, described the firm's 2011 purchase of Equinox Minerals, a company that contains the Lumwana copper mine in Zambia, as...