Rio Tinto may list diamond division
Rio Tinto may list its diamond assets in London after failing to find a buyer for them, Bloomberg News reported.
Papillon recommends B2Gold offer
Vancouver's B2Gold has bid for Papillon Resources in an effort to win control of the Fekola gold mine in Mali.
Markets welcome Kganyago appointment
Economists welcomed the appointment of former National Treasury director-general, Lesetja Kganyago, as South Africa's new Reserve Bank governor.
Zambia to meet with Vedanta on job cuts
Zambia's mines minister said he was keen to meet Vedatan to discuss the firm's plans to retrench just over 1,500 jobs.
Harmony to write down up to $280m
Harmony Gold is the latest gold company to impair assets saying it would write down up to $280m of which the bulk was Hidden Valley in Papua New Guinea.
Miner killed in vehicle accident at Mponeng
A miner was killed at AngloGold Ashanti's Mponeng mine in Carletonville west of Johannesburg in an underground vehicle accident, the firm said.
3,000 down tools at Impala shaft
About 3,000 workers at Impala Platinum's 14 shaft have downed tools with a meeting on the action not planned until Friday.
Anglo, Implats slide down JSE index
South Africa's mining companies continued to lose ground on the JSE with some big ticket names falling out of the top 10, 20 and 40 indices.
Steel industry will be forced to comply – Davies
Trade and industry minister Rob Davies says government is intent on using policy tools to achieve competitive steel pricing to benefit downstream industries.
S&P downgrades Eskom credit rating
Standard & Poor's downgraded Eskom's credit rating following a similar downgrade to South Africa.