Cost pressures, infrastructure constraints tops agenda in CEOs, Mantashe meetings
THE Minerals Council of South Africa said it had discussed cost pressures, infrastructure constraints and pricing conditions for coal and the platinum with mines...
Amplats reports fatality at Dishaba Mine following fall of ground incident
A FALL of ground incident claimed the life of a miner at Anglo American Platinum's (Amplats') Dishaba mine in Amandelbult on October 18, the...
Merafe lifts third quarter production a fifth from Glencore Merafe joint...
MERAFE Resources, the Johannesburg-listed ferrochrome company, said production from its Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture was 20% higher year-on-year owing to less planned maintenance during...
Kenya to study construction of refinery to boost small scale mining...
KENYA is considering building a gold refinery in an effort to boost earnings by small scale miners, said Bloomberg News citing a petroleum and...
Golden Star confirms impact of 5:1 share consolidation
GOLDEN Star Resources said a 5:1 share consolidation which was approved at a special meeting of shareholders on September 17 would see the firm's...
Shiva Uranium employees ready to launch legal action to recover salaries
EMPLOYEES at Shiva Uranium, a mine in South Africa's North West province, were considering legal action after the company had failed to pay salaries...
Zambia hints it intends to stand firm on tax overhaul for...
ZAMBIA gave a strong indication that it would not change its mind over proposals to overhaul its tax regime for the mining sector after...
Endeavour to pour first gold from Ity two months ahead of...
ENDEAVOUR Mining's Ity carbon-in-leach (CIL) project in Côte d'Ivoire would produce first gold early in the second quarter of 2019, two months ahead of schedule.
"Completing...
Dichotomy emerges as metal and energy react differently to trade wars
ESCALATING trade war tensions and a deceleration of economic growth in China were taking the momentum out of metal producers, said Bloomberg News. Even...
Congo condemns alleged crackdown on diamond miners in Angola
THE Democratic Republic of Congo has condemned a crackdown on artisanal diamond miners in Angola which has allegedly seen dozens killed and Congo nationals...