ARC confident Kropz will overcome water, commissioning troubles
PATRICE Motsepe's Johannesburg-listed financial services company, African Rainbow Capital (ARC), was confident commercial production at its 26%-owned Kropz, which owns the Elandsfontein phosphate mine,...
RBCT hoping for big Q4 response after storm forced closure
RICHARDS Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) will be hoping it can repeat its fourth quarter performance of last year when it shipped just over eight...
B2Gold’s Mali gold mine, Fekola, kicks off life in auspicious style
B2GOLD, the Toronto-listed gold producer, reported an auspicious start to the life of its newly commissioned Fekola gold mine in Mali, saying it had...
Pretorius won’t take DRDGold shareholders for granted in Sibanye deal
DRDGOLD CEO, Niël Pretorius, said he would not take any chances in getting shareholders to support the proposed acquisition of gold-bearing slimes from Sibanye-Stillwater,...
Tharisa coming of age as gains payout, expansion momentum
PLANS by Tharisa to expand chrome production to two million tonnes annually would not compromise the sustainability of the firm's recently upgraded dividend policy,...
Zimbabwe to miss out on energy mineral spend despite regime change
WHILE Zimbabwe has the geological resource base to step up production of lithium the political risk in the country is still so great it...
Kibo outlines energy ambition with deal for Shumba’s Mabesekwa
KIBO Mining today unveiled a strategy to expand into "multiple geographies" starting with an all-scrip offer for Mabesekwa, an energy coal prospect currently owned...
PTM mops up after $590m loss, needs $30m to settle debt
PLATINUM Group Metals (PTM) brought the curtain down on a most difficult of years in which it shelved and then sold its much-vaunted Maseve...
Lonmin crisis coming to a head after PIC demands board seats
SHARES in Lonmin were under renewed pressure amid comments attributed to Daniel Matjila, CEO of the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), that the platinum miner...
South32’s Kerr insists coal exit driven by export pricing concerns
SOUTH32 CEO, Graham Kerr, stood by the group's decision to exit its thermal coal assets in South Africa saying it was a decision informed...