Chamber, NUM round on Zwane fearing 200,000 jobs at risk
UP to 100,000 direct jobs were at risk in South Africa's mining sector owing to a deterioration in regulatory and operating conditions, including decreased...
Pan African to sell Phoenix to Sylvania Platinum for R89m
PAN African Resources (Pan African) has sold its platinum tailings retreatment facilities, Phoenix Platinum, to Sylvania Platinum for R89m in a transaction that would...
RBPlat confirms discussions underway for PTM’s Maseve
ROYAL Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) confirmed it was interested in buying the assets connected with Maseve, a platinum project built by Platinum Group Metals (PGM)...
Acacia complains of “increased pressure” as senior employee held
THE relationship between Acacia Mining and the Tanzanian government appears to have deteriorated with the company today complaining of "increased levels of pressure" on...
Northam enters PGM recycling sector after R139m A-1 deal
NORTHAM Platinum has stepped into the platinum group metal (PGM) recycling business after unveiling a $10.7m (R139m) deal in which it will buy a...
RBPlat made offer for PTM’s surface infrastructure
ROYAL Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) made an offer for the surface infrastructure of Maseve mine, including a concentrator, which is owned by the beleaguered Toronto-listed...
Cutifani calls on SA to dump Charter, restart talks in 2018
THE Mining Charter redraft published by South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) on June 15 had to be disregarded and replaced starting with...
Glencore revises 2017 output lower, but share tipped to re-rate
GLENCORE guided to slightly lower production across most of its commodities for the 2017 financial year, but analysts continued to back the company with...
Anglo reinstalls dividend with 48 US c payout after halving net...
ANGLO American cemented its recovery after a sometimes excruciating two-year restructuring exercise by resuming the dividend and installing a policy of paying out 40%...
Zwane declares DMR “reasonable” after approving Lonmin deal
SOUTH African mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, sought to cast his Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) in positive light after months of bad press, describing...