First Quantum Minerals among bidders for 17% stake in ZCCM-IH
First Quantum Minerals was one of several companies that had bid for a 17% stake in the state-owned mining investment firm, Zambia Consolidated Copper...
Ramaphosa, Mantashe need to hit right notes to rekindle interest in...
THE appearance of President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Mining Indaba conference sends a strong message that South Africa intends to reform its position in the...
BCG, McKinsey & Co say no reboot for South African mining...
IT'S the productivity, stupid.
That's the underlying message from two new reports about the South African mining industry, one by consulting McKinsey & Company, the...
“John runs the board, I run the company”: Mark Bristow...
MUCH of the work needed to transform Barrick Gold Corp. had already been done by chairman John Thornton making the task of newly appointed...
Low value diamond market hanging on for inevitable demise of Rio’s...
DIAMONDS may be a girl’s best friend, but they have done few favours for investors over the past few years. Right now, the diamond...
Uranium price recovery tipped to maintain momentum as supply dries up...
THE uranium market was turning around and this time it was for real after being depressed for the past decade during which price recoveries were...
AngloGold’s Dushnisky talks up $550m plan to breathe new life into...
NEW AngloGold Ashanti CEO, Kelvin Dushnisky, has given a glowing endorsement of the prospects for the group’s Obuasi gold mine currently under development at...
Sibanye says children burnt in firebombing as violent gold strike rumbles...
INNOCENT by-standers including children were injured in the violence triggered by the 12-week strike by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) at...
Zambia describes Barrick meeting over Lumwana as having gone “extraordinarily well”
TALKS between the Zambian government and Barrick Gold regarding the future of the Canadian firm's Lumwana copper/gold mine were said by mines minister, Richard Musukwa...
Zimbabwe mines minister Winston Chitando promises relief from currency crisis
THE issue of availability of foreign currency to Zimbabwe’s mining companies is being addressed, according to Zimbabwe’s Minister of Mines Winston Chitando, but he...