South32 says Transnet’s BEE plans will increase mining costs and frustrate...
SOUTH32 said a proposal by Transnet to allocate capacity on its freight rail service to junior miners would increase costs and frustrate growth in...
Glencore agrees to five-year cobalt supply agreement extension with Samsung SDI
GLENCORE has signed an agreement with Samsung SDI for the supply of 21,000 tons of cobalt from its mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
WPIC forecasts platinum deficit for “number of years” as supply constraints...
THE World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) widened its forecast deficit of the metal for 2023 to 556,000 ounces owing to pedestrian supply growth while...
Merafe warns of lower share earnings as ferrochrome, chrome ore prices...
MERAFE Resources will report a headline loss per share for its 2019 annual results for the year ended December 31 owing to an impairment...
Potstirrer Mantashe: SA’s mines and energy minister, and master of under-delivery
LAST year marked the end of the South African mining sector’s honeymoon with Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe, whose replacement of the scandal-tainted Mosebenzi...
Rio Tinto adds voice to COVID-19 outbreak concerns after reporting iron...
RIO Tinto is the latest major mining company to flag the potentially disruptive impact of COVID-19 saying at its annual results announcement that the...
Impala Platinum closes in on majority control of Royal Bafokeng Platinum
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) has increased its stake in Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) to a total of 44.48% following the acquisition of a further 2.94%...
SA Govt. awards EA for Vardocube extension of Orion’s Prieska Copper-Zinc...
ORION Minerals has secured an environmental authorisation (EA) from the South African government for its Vardocube Resource which was "a significant milestone" in the development...
Bushveld Minerals shares gain a fifth after firm unveils refinance of...
SHARES in Bushveld Minerals gained a fifth by midday trade in London following an annoucement it had agreed to refinancing a $45m convertible loan...
LME to shift to electronic trading next week in line with...
EUROPE'S last open-outcry trading venue - the London Metal Exchange (LME) - will temporarily close next week and move its activities to its electronic...