Blyvoor Gold to get “big green button push” in 2017
BLYVOORUITZICHT Gold (Blyvoor Gold) remains on track for the "big green button push" in May next year, according to chairman Peter Skeat who is...
Gold Fields cannily leaves door open for $1bn Kirkland return
GOLD Fields cannily left the door open for the takeover of Kirkland Lake saying it remained interested in relaunching the transaction "... in the...
Randgold inks Cote d’Ivoire exploration JV with Newcrest
RANDGOLD Resources and Newcrest Mining are to jointly explore for gold in "an areas of interest" in Côte d’Ivoire, the UK-based gold exploration and...
Demerger would circumvent Anglo’s SA coal sale complexities
SHARES in Anglo American have charged up an astonishing 250% since January assisted by the surprising recovery in metal prices and improved volumes in...
CoM concerned about governance of new tax collection body
THE Chamber of Mines has laid into a Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) proposal in the newly redrafted mining charter that seeks to impose...
Van Rooyen acting for Zwane is normal says DMR
SOUTH Africa's Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) confirmed Des van Rooyen had been nominated acting mines minister whilst incumbent Mosebenzi Zwane attended to business...
Mining charter to toll 1% revenue ‘tax’ for communities
ONE new aspect of the mining charter, due to be published in Parliament next month, is a 1% levy on revenue over two years...
SA mining charter talks “flawed” and “limited”: Chamber of Mines
DISCUSSIONS regarding a fresh version of South Africa's mining charter were "flawed" and failed to absorb industry concerns, said Roger Baxter, CEO of the...
Ambitious 81mt/year export coal target iced by Transnet
TRANSNET’S plans to boost export coal deliveries to 81 million tonnes a year (mtpa) has been quietly shelved.
CEO, Siyabonga Gama, told Miningmx on the...
Misfortune, mishap forces DiamondCorp into business rescue
DIAMONDCORP'S Lace diamond mine would be placed in business rescue after misfortune heaped upon mishap had made it impossible for the project to reach...