Neal Froneman plays hardball with the DMR on Lonmin takeover
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman today effectively “threw down the gauntlet” to the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and local communities that are disaffected with...
Sibanye-Stillwater makes all-share bid to take over Lonmin
Embattled platinum producer Lonmin has received a “get out of jail card” from Sibanye-Stillwater which is making an all-share takeover offer for the company...
Tin-miner Alphamin to list on the JSE on December 15
Aspirant tin miner Alphamin Resources will list on the JSE on December 15 following the success of its South African capital raising exercise through...
Grim times continue to hammer South Africa’s platinum miners
Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) has completed the disposal of two more of its unwanted assets but the stage is set for further restructuring in...
Glencore to score big on extra metals demand from electric vehicles
Glencore is the leading global producer of “Tier 1” commodities copper, cobalt, zinc and thermal coal and is the best-placed large cap company to...
DRC miners join forces to oppose the new draft mining code
Major international mining groups including Glencore, Ivanhoe Mines, Randgold Resources and AngloGold Ashanti have voiced their “deep concern” over the revised draft mining code...
De Beers ends 2017 with “steady as she goes” diamond sales
Provisional diamond sales at the tenth - and last - De Beers “sight” for 2017 amounted to $450m which was 3% down on the...
Orion reports more good drill results from the Prieska project
Orion Minerals has reported further encouraging drilling results from its Prieska zinc-copper project in the Northern Cape and has started looking at whether it...
Kibo CEO defends energy diversification deal into Botswana
Kibo Mining’s purchase of the Mabesekwa energy coal project in Botswana was not “a distraction” from the company’s Mbeya Coal to Power Project (MCPP)...
Noble to take more coal from Resgen’s Boikarabelo mine
ASX and JSE-listed coal junior Resource Generation (Resgen) has reached agreement to sell additional coal from its proposed Boikarebelo mine in the Waterberg to...