Endeavour likely to call the shots in £3bn Acacia combination
A UK analyst was quoted to have said that the possible combination of Acacia Mining with Endeavour Mining Corporation would be one of those...
Harmony to launch investigation as Kusasalethu returns to work
WORKERS at Harmony Gold's West Rand gold mine Kusasalethu returned to surface last night rather than spend a second a night underground with the...
Wescoal “active” in consolidation of SA domestic coal market
WESCOAL, a R888m mid-tier coal producer, said it was positioned to grow through industry consolidation in an attempt to reach an aspirational run of...
1,700 miners launch illegal sit-in at Harmony’s Kusasalethu
ABOUT 1,700 employees at Harmony Gold's Kusasalethu gold mine west of Johannesburg have embarked on an underground sit-in which the company said was illegal.
"The...
Stirrings in uranium market offer faint hope to Paladin
AMID emergency financial surgery at Paladin Energy, the Australian-listed firm's CEO, Alexander Molyneux, sought to look at the positives saying there were signs the...
Mines minister ignored legal advice in Aquila minerals dispute
FORMER South African mines minister, Ngoako Ramatlhodi, ignored his own legal team's advice by rejecting an appeal by Aquila Steel aimed at securing its...
DMR suffers devastating defeat in Aquila Steel court battle
SOUTH Africa's Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) has suffered a devastating defeat in the High Court (Pretoria) which has potentially far-reaching implications for other...
Centamin to exceed payout hopes as Sukari shoots lights out
EGYPTIAN gold miner, Centamin, kicked off 2017 in style announcing preliminary 2016 output from its Sukari gold mine of 551,036 ounces - in excess...
Glencore studying “strategic options” over DRC’s Mutanda
GLENCORE was "considering its strategic options" in respect of its $1.8bn Mutanda Mining Company, a producer of copper and cobalt that mines in the...
Bauba Platinum shares surge as firm reopens chrome mine
SHARES in Bauba Platinum leapt 160% in the first hour of trade on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on January 5 after the chrome and...