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...
Amplats exempt from supplying Zimbabwe’s Kell smelter
ANGLO American Platinum (Amplats) will complete construction of smelting facilities in Zimbabwe despite a pact between the government and Pallinghurst Resources that obliges platinum...
Chamber lodges second interdict after Zwane refuses to blink
THE South African government's latest mining regulatory shock is to make a wholly unsurprising appearance in court after the Chamber of Mines filed an urgent application...
Hopes high for Anglo dividend restart as Kumba pays out R5.1bn
KUMBA Iron Ore, the Johannesburg-listed firm in which Anglo American has a 70% stake, is to pay a R5.1bn interim dividend following a 23%...
Earthquake breaks water fissure seal at GEM’s Ghagoo mine
AN earthquake that had its epicentre some 25km from GEM Diamonds' Ghaghoo, a diamond mine in Botswana the UK-listed group put into mothballs, caused...