Firestone Diamonds hopeful of higher incidence of high value stones
FIRESTONE Diamonds, a London-listed company, produced 835,832 carats (cts) for its 2018 financial year, within guidance for the period, but said the incidence of...
Harmony exceeds output guidance for 2018 helped by Moab
HARMONY Gold said it had exceeded its annual production target by 4% - the third successive year it had met or beaten its expectations...
Zimbabwe jails first ex-minister from Mugabe administration
ZIMBABWE has jailed its first ex-minister after finding Samuel Undenge, who was energy minister in the administration of ousted former president, Robert Mugabe, guilty...
Kibo says Tanzania “ready to consider” Mbeya mining licence
THE government of Tanzania was “ready to consider” an application for a Special Mining Licence (SML) from Kibo Mining, a London- and Johannesburg-listed coal...
AngloGold’s Pityana warns against perils of reckless Mining Charter
SIPHO Pityana, a prominent critic of former South African president, Jacob Zuma, said the updated draft on the country’s Mining Charter ought not to...
Shanta Gold recovery takes another important step in Q2
THE recovery of Tanzanian producer, Shanta Gold, took another important step in the second quarter after the company turned in production of 20,544 ounces (Q1:...
Hummingbird concludes first full quarter of Yanfolila output
HUMMINGBIRD Resources sold 38,726 ounces of gold in the second quarter - the first full quarter of production at the firm's recently commissioned southern...
Petra signs wage agreement with NUM for Cullinan mine
PETRA Diamonds has signed a one-year wage agreement with members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) employed at the company's Cullinan mine for...
Palabora disaster prompts Govt to bring safety summit forward
A MINE safety summit convened for November by South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) has been moved forward to September following the death...
Talks on Rio exit from Simandou ongoing but no deal in...
DISCUSSIONS regarding the sale of Rio Tinto's shares in the iron ore project in Guinea were continuing but there was no detail on when...