Vedanta to study $800m zinc smelter project in South Africa
VEDANTA is considering spending a further $700m to $800m developing South Africa's zinc industry following an announcement it was investigating building a refinery at...
Afritin takes its place as capital discovers appetite for exploration
THE mobile rings during an interview with Anthony Viljoen, CEO of Afritin Minerals. I tell him he can take it. "Don’t worry," he responds:...
DRDGold, Sibanye-Stillwater benefit most from Charter ruling
ONE of the companies to have benefited most from a recent High Court ruling on the principle of 'once-empowerment, always-empowered' is DRDGold followed by...
Hummingbird targets 115,000oz of gold from Yanfolila in 2018
London-listed Hummingbird Resources has declared its Yanfolila mine in Mali to be in full commercial production from April 1 and has put production guidance...
Dan Gertler “freezes” Glencore’s Kamoto mine and sues for $2.9bn
Legal warfare has erupted in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between Glencore and Israeli entrepreneur Dan Gertler who is claiming a total...
Diamond market softens after robust first quarter sales
Sentiment in the diamond market is “softening as trading has started to slow ahead of summer” after restocking during March resulted in healthy diamond...
Vanadium producer Bushveld Minerals blasts off
The share price of Bushveld Minerals - the London-listed junior miner which operates the Vametco vanadium mine in South Africa - has more...
First Quantum Minerals refutes Zambian tax claim
First Quantum Minerals - a Toronto-listed company mining copper in Zambia - does not expect the final value of the $8bn tax...
Coal supply situation not that serious claims Eskom
The coal supply situation at Eskom’s power stations is not as bad as is being made out in media reports and nothing like the...
Paladin moves to close Namibian uranium mine
ASX-listed Paladin Energy has announced plans to put its Namibia-based Langer Heinrich uranium mine (LHM) on care and maintenance, blaming "stubbornly" low uranium prices...