Mantashe set to complete community Charter meetings May 31
SOUTH African mines minister, Gwede Mantashe, is tomorrow (May 31) scheduled to complete a country-wide community consultation programme regarding current negotiations for a new...
NUM rails against cancellation of JIC Mining at Optimum Coal
THE business rescue practitioners (BRP) appointed to stabilise Optimum Coal Mine and other coal mines under contract to supply Eskom, South Africa's power utility...
Waterberg JV on course for Q3 updated resource and report
WORK on a definitive feasibility study for the Waterberg Joint Venture involving Impala Platinum (Implats) and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation was progressing...
Euronext terminates DRDGold CSD trade after harmonisation
DRDGOLD said the listing of its shares on the Euronext market in Paris would be terminated after the European Central Banks Regulation decided to...
RBS joins ranks of lenders cutting back thermal coal exposure
ROYAL Bank of Scotland joined the growing ranks of lenders and investment companies that won't directly finance thermal coal plants or mining companies that...
Resolute establishes beachhead in Sudan following $22.5m Orca deal
AUSTRALIAN gold producer, Resolute Mining, has thrown its weight behind Sudan following its $22.5m all-share investment in Orca Gold, a company that has a...
Wescoal Holdings to sell ‘non-core, non-operational asset’
WESCOAL Holdings, a thermal coal mining and trading firm, is to dispose of a non-operational asset deemed non-core which it said was in line...
South32 to buy 50% met coal stake from Aquila in Queensland
SOUTH32 has agreed to buy a 50% stake in Eagle Downs, from Aquila Resources, a subsidiary of China BaoWu Steel Group, for an upfront payment of...
Guinea president Conde reshuffles cabinet as protests increase
GUINEA president Alpha Conde reshuffled his cabinet amid national discontent including strikes and protests in the West African country's mining sector.
Mamady Camara, who was...
Mining Charter ought to take exploration sector into account
SOUTH Africa's Mining Charter, currently being discussed by the government and Minerals Council ahead of a redraft, ought to make special provision for the...