Ghana wins back investors as $500m pledged to gold sector
MARK Bristow is unlikely to return to Obuasi, the Ghanaian gold mine he has twice stalked in the past 20 years before declining to...
Sibanye says up to 300koz of RPM platinum output “at risk”
BETWEEN 200,000 to 300,000 ounces a year of platinum production was "at risk" at Sibanye's Rustenburg Platinum Mines (RPM) at the current rand platinum...
Goviex looks to uranium buyers to help fund $359m Madaouela
TORONTO-listed uranium development firm, Goviex, would turn to buyers of the mineral first to fund the equity portion of Madaouela, a project in Niger...
Harmony confident 400,000 oz/y growth within its capability
HARMONY Gold was confident it could add about 400,000 ounces in new annual production through corporate action with one potential transaction being actively pursued.
"We...
Rigid, reductive, restrictive BEE must end, says Exxaro’s Mgojo
EXXARO Resources CEO, Mxolisi Mgojo, has called for a different approach to black economic empowerment (BEE) in which a more flexible measure of assessing...
Zwane’s March deadline for Mining Charter is wishful thinking
SOUTH Africa mines minister Mosebenzi Zwane's March deadline for gazetting a new Mining Charter is hopeful, partly because the redraft introduces complexities that may...
Amplats sets about 20-year technology leap
Anglo American Platinum CEO, Chris Griffith, said urgent modernisation of the industry is required to arrest the effects of mining inflation.
Randgold lifts payout 52% as racks up record output numbers
RANDGOLD Resources lifted the full-year dividend 52% to $1/share following a strong showing in which it grew cash to $516m on the back of...
Resolute seeking to boost organic growth with M&A
RESOLUTE Mining has a gold production target of 450,000 ounces/year by 2020 by expanding production from existing mines and adding a third, Bibiani, a...
Friedland hits back at grave allegations
Robert Friedland, chairman of Ivanhoe Mines, hit back at claims his planned mine in the Limpopo province would disturb ancestral burial sites.