RBPlat confident of hitting steady-state mining rate at Styldrift project by...
ROYAL Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) was "well positioned" to reach a steady state mining run rate of 230,000 tonnes a month at its Styldrift project...
Mantashe to host meeting with Xolobeni stakeholders in effort to find...
SOUTH Africa's Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) said it would host a meeting with Amadiba Crisis Committee which was formed to protest against planned...
Universal Coal completes NBC deal from Exxaro Resources for R98m
UNIVERSAL Coal, the Sydney-listed company that is the focus of a takeover bid by a South African consortium, said it had completed the purchase...
Eastplats targets first chrome revenue from Zandfontein in fourth quarter
EASTERN Platinum (Eastplats) booked a $3m net loss for the third quarter of which $1.2m related to foreign exchange losses. This compares to a...
Electric vehicle revolution moving to underground mining in effort to slash...
THE proliferation in electric vehicles has been extended to underground mining where their potential adoption is seen as a major contribution to cost reductions,...
AMCU argues PGM markets strong enough to keep Lonmin in business
THE Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (AMCU) called on the Competition Tribunal to prohibit the merger of Lonmin with Sibanye-Stillwater because some 10,000...
SA defends use of coal whilst recognising that rate of carbon...
SOUTH Africa has defended its use of coal saying that it was unfair to expect emerging markets to decarbonise their economies at the same...
Eskom urgently attempting to buy coal to manage load shedding risk
ESKOM, South Africa's state-owned power utility, was urgently attempting to procure coal in order to help it manage the risk of load shedding, said...
Barrick deal could influence M&A once geopolitical environment eases: EY
THE world’s mining sector was reluctant to enter into high risk transactions in the third quarter of 2018 owing to geopolitical uncertainty, according to...
NUM hits back at Greenpeace study saying people will be left...
SOUTH Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has hit back at comments by Greenpeace that the air in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province was among...