Keaton keeps beat on output growth
Keaton Energy lifted coal output in the third quarter at both Vanggatfontein and Vaalkraantz in line with the firm's plans to turn in a stable performance this year.
Merafe rolls over Q3 ferrochrome price
Merafe Resources said it had rolled over its third quarter European benchmark ferrochrome price for the fourth quarter.
African Barrick contributes $850m to Tanzania
African Barrick Gold contributed $850m to the Tanzanian economy in 2013 of which more than half was in employee salaries.
Tharisa loses 30% of October shifts
Tharisa said it lost about 30% of all production shifts in October at its Tharisa Mine following two Section 54 stoppages.
Exxaro’s Nkosi sells R5.2m in shares
Sipho Nkosi, CEO of Exxaro Resources, sold shares in the coal and diversified company worth R5.2m in two separate transactions.
SA gold producers to build more homes
South African gold producers intend to build and sell more homes to employees in an effort to ease the social pressures that led to the Marikana massacre in 2012.
Namibia mines suffering water shortage
Uranium mines operated by Rio Tinto and Paladin Energy in Namibia were suffering a curb in water supply as drought intensified in the southwest African nation.
Fuel cells could spur platinum demand
Amplats and Ballard Power Systems are hoping that platinum fuel cells can be used to provide remote rural villages with power and help demand for the metal.
Universal bags R525m loan for NCC
Universal Coal said it had secured R525m in debt from Investec Bank to fund the second phase of its New Clydesdale Colliery.
Zwane hails end of ASA sit-in
South African mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, hailed the successful conclusion to an underground sit-in by 200 miners at the property of ASA Metals.