RBM closed since last week following violent community unrest
RICHARDS Bay Minerals (RBM) has been closed since last week following violent community protests in which a security guard was killed, said Reuters citing...
Glencore facing lawsuits after DoJ requests documents
GLENCORE is facing lawsuits after it announced it had been subpoened by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) which requested the group supply it...
B2Gold lifts 2018 to 920,000 oz after Fekola outperforms again
B2GOLD, the Toronto-listed gold producer, lifted its full-year gold guidance to as much as 920,000 ounces for the 2018 financial year following another impressive...
Caledonia maintains annual output guidance after solid Q2
CALEDONIA Mining maintained annual production guidance at 55,000 to 59,000 ounces from its Blanket mine in Zimbabwe following second quarter numbers which were largely...
SRK joint founder, Oskar Steffen, passes away
OSKAR Steffen, one of three founders of SRK Consulting, has passed away, the South African consulting engineering firm said in an announcement today. Steffen...
Glencore appoints committee to tackle Dept. of Justice requests
GLENCORE said it had established a committee comprising its chairman, Tony Hayward, and two independent non-executive directors which would oversee the group's response to...
Scourge of suicide uncovered in India’s diamond cutting sector
AN investigation carried out by Thomson Reuters Foundation has uncovered "a pattern of suicides" in India's diamond cutting industry - a sector that cuts...
SA gold sector starts wage talks today barely making ends meet
A SIGNIFICANT increase in the wage bill was likely to push South Africa's gold sector further into the red, said BusinessLive citing comments from...
Mineworker killed in fall of ground at Harmony’s Kusasalethu
HARMONY Gold said a mineworker had died following a fall of ground at the group's Kusasalethu mine in Carletonville earlier today. "An investigatoni into...
Shanta Gold delivers on $7m in annualised cost savings
SHANTA Gold, a UK-listed gold junior operating in Tanzania, said it had delivered on targeted cost savings of just over $7m on an annualised...