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Gecamines aims to rebuild copper output

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Gecamines has signed an agreement with a Chinese company to build two factories aimed at lifting copper output.

Gemfields sales underpin “firm market demand”

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Gemfields said the results of two auctions at the end of last year demonstrated the market for gemstones remained firm.

Esops deemed to have failed BEE

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Employee Share Ownership Schemes have not benefited workers who received them, experts said.

Congo delays copper export ban

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The Democratic Republic of Congo said it had delayed a copper and cobalt concentrate export ban to December.

Wage talk failure not an option: Sibiya

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South Africa's most valuable export industry would be destroyed if wage talks in the country's gold mining sector were allowed to fail, said CoM CEO, Bheki Sibiya.

Private equity $8bn pool to revive sector

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Some $8bn was available in private equity for merger and acquisition activity in the mining sector, and the time to spend it was fast approaching.

NUMSA plans national strike to change mining

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The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa is planning a one day national strike to press home changes to the mining sector including increased beneficiation.

Mozi violence concerning coal investors

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Prolonged violence between Mozambique's government and Renamo, the former rebel movement, would deter foreign investors and hurt the country's coal sector.

Glencore’s Mutunda buys Gecamines concession

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The Congo's Gecamines had sold a mining concession to Glencore's Mutanda, but did not comply with a government decree to announce the transaction.

Zuma says investors not off SA

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South African president Jacob Zuma said the country had demonstrated firm leadership and policy certainty - features that had not been lost on investors.