Randgold’s famed business judgement enduring test in 2018
DIFFICULTIES in some of the West African countries in which it operates is behind a one fifth decline in the shares of Randgold Resources...
Striking Northam employees to return to work on April 4
EMPLOYEES at Northam Platinum's Booysendal mine were scheduled to return to work from the morning shift tomorrow (April 4) following the end of strike...
Junior miners at risk of getting short shrift in Charter talks
JUNIOR mining firms were at risk of being sidelined in negotiations regarding a new Mining Charter, said BusinessLive citing the views of Bernard Swanepoel,...
Afritin to start Uis construction in May as chases early cash...
LONDON-listed Afritin Minerals, a tin development company, said it would begin construction of its proposed Uis mine in Namibia in May with first production earmarked for...
Cradle Arc seeks assets as rolls out plan for Mowana boost
CRADLE Arc, formerly known as Alecto Minerals, was to increase output at its Botswana copper mine, Mowana, to 12,000 tonnes a year and was...
Perseus reaches commercial production at Sissingué
PERSEUS Mining said commercial production at its second mine, Sissingué in Côte d’Ivoire, was a major step in establishing itself as a 500,000 ounce/year gold producer....
CoM enlists whistleblowing Deloitte Tip-Offs Anonymous hotline
SOUTH Africa's Chamber of Mines said it had enlisted the Deloitte Tip-Offs Anonymous, an anonymous reporting channel for unethical behaviour in the workplace.
"It is...
Kibo completes all-share takeover of Shumba’s Mabesekwa
KIBO Mining said it had completed the acquisition of the Mabesekwa Coal Independent Power Project (MCIPP) from Shumba Energy - a transaction that sees...
New Botswana president wants to wean country off diamonds
MOKGWEETSI Masisi, Botswana's new president, wants the southern African nation to wean itself off diamond revenue.
Masisi, a retired teacher, takes over from former army...
Africa must break reliance on minerals, says SADC advisor
AN advisor to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) said the African continent was too reliant on the extractive sector which could not participate...