Petra may mothball Helam mine
Petra Diamonds, the UK-listed diamond company, may put its Helam fissure mine on care and maintenance.
BHP, Rio sending wrong message in iron ore
The over-supply of iron ore to China sent the wrong message and was a flawed strategy of the major miners, said Colin Barnett, the premier of Western Australia
Metmar earnings rocket
Commodity trader Metmar has reported headline earnings per share up 41% for the six months to end-August.
Exxaro has no interest in Amplats assets
Exxaro Resources said it had no ambitions of buying platinum assets from Anglo American Platinum.
CoAL $5m share purchase by Haohua “incompete”
Discussions leading to a possible $5m share subscription by Haohua Energy International in Coal of Africa were "incomplete", the coal producer said.
Ebola, lower prices smack African Minerals
A combination of lower iron ore prices and the outbreak of the Ebola virus which had killed 211 people in Sierra Leone were behind the slump African Minerals shares.
Alcoa to divide in shareholder value drive
Alcoa is to break up into two in an effort to unfetter its faster growing plane and car business from its traditional aluminum smelting operations.
Rio litigation won’t affect Simandou project
Rio Tinto said litigation against Vale and Beny Steinmetz would not affect the development of the $20bn Simandou iron ore project.
African Minerals may break covenants
African Minerals said it was in danger of breaking debt covenants and would attempt to refinance a $250m loan.
Sibanye’s mine restarts after union pact
Sibanye Gold said it would conduct an investigation into violence on its Beatrix mine which lost about R23m in revenue following a two-day shut-down.