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China, India to match US diamond demand

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Rio Tinto said that diamond demand in China and India could soon have a combined size to equal that of the US.

SA loss-making deepens as platinum slides

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Up to two-thirds of the platinum sector could be loss-making if platinum tests six year price lows, analysts said.

BHP may list Spinco in London

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BHP Billiton may seek a UK listing for the company it hopes to demerge later this year saying shareholders had shown a high level of interest in it.

Radebe lays into ‘transfer pricing’, foreign CEOs

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Bridgette Radebe, a mining entrepreneur who has shares in Total Coal SA, said offshore companies were to blame for the failure of transformation in the sector.

NUM registers shock with Amplats sales

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The National Union of Mineworkers said it was shocked by Anglo American Platinum's plans to sell shafts in Rustenburg saying it would lead to job losses.

Ramatlhodi to dispose of mining shares

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Ngoako Ramatlhodi is to dispose of his shares in Atlatsa Resources in order to avoid any conflict.

Rio Tinto cuts $2bn from cash costs

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Rio Tinto cut cash costs by more than $2bn even though it posted record iron ore and thermal coal fourth quarter production figures.

CoAL gains 12.5% on Mooiplaats sale

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Shares in Coal of Africa gained 12.5% in Johannesburg after saying it had raised R250m from the sale of its mothballed Mooiplaats colliery.

Mugabe is “fit as a fiddle”: ZANU-PF

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ZANU-PF, Zimbabwe's ruling party, denied reports the country's president, Robert Mugabe had collapsed at the weekend.

Vote not needed for Aquarius Everest deal

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Aquarius Platinum said shareholders were not required to approve the R450m sale of its mothballed Everest mine to Northam Platinum.