SA mining laments rise in number of employee fatalities in 2017
FATALITIES at the mines of Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and AngloGold Ashanti last week took the South African mining industry's total deaths to 76...
Mponeng is a core asset says AngloGold Ashanti CEO
AngloGold Ashanti generated $88m in free cash flow for the September quarter with gold production up 11% year-on-year and the group is on track...
Investors back Sibanye as Stillwater numbers start to add up
EVEN by Neal Froneman’s standards, the last twelve months have been a frenetic, barn-storming type of a year. It started with the CEO of...
Lonmin’s solvency back in the mixer as embarks on shaft review
THE solvency of Lonmin has again been cast into the crucible after a non-cash impairment took the value of the business to $1.1bn -...
Lucara sets out $195m underground extension at Karowe
LUCARA Diamond Corporation outlined plans for a $195m underground extension of its Karowe diamond mine in Botswana following publication of a preliminary economic assessment...
Lonmin says sexual harassment of women “common and pervasive”
LONMIN dismissed a report that the German chemicals manufacturer BASF may stop buying platinum group metals (PGM) from it stating that "... a firm...
Randgold Resources builds towards another bumper dividend
AFTER pushing up its annual dividend 50% to $1 a share for the year to end-December 2016 Randgold Resources could be in a position...
Acacia CEO quits two weeks after Barrick compact with Tanzania
ACACIA Mining, the Tanzanian gold miner in which Barrick Gold has a 64.9% stake, has been dealt a serious blow after two of its...
BASF may end Lonmin relationship unless human rights tackled
GERMAN chemicals company BASF has threatened to terminate its relationship with Lonmin if the UK-listed platinum group metals (PGM) business fails to tackle community...
Can mining executives ever truly win back the trust of investors?
MINING shares may be back on the screens of investors globally, but they are not viewed with quite the same sense of unbridled enthusiasm...