Mantashe released from hospital but to rest for seven days following...
SOUTH African mines minister, Gwede Mantashe, has been released from hospital where he was treated for Covid-19 disease, said EyeWitness News.
Citing Cabinet spokesperson, Phumla Williams,...
SA gold miners team up with Sasol, Imperial to supply sanitiser...
GOLD mining companies AngloGold Ashanti and Sibanye-Stillwater have teamed up to supply hand sanitiser produced by chemicals group, Sasol.
A fourth company, Imperial Logistics, has joined...
Tesla’s Musk promises “giant contract” for sensitively, efficiently-mined nickel
ELON Musk, CEO of Tesla, told mining firms that his company would award "a giant contract" for efficiently mined nickel produced in "an environmentally...
Eritrea accepts Danakali’s mining development plan for Colluli potash JV
ERITREA has given its support for the development of the Colluli potash project which is being led by Danakali, a Sydney- and London-listed company...
SA mines minister, Gwede Mantashe, in hospital after contracting Covid-19 last...
SOUTH African mines and energy minister, Gwede Mantashe, has been admitted to hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 disease a week ago.
Minister in the...
Commodities to benefit from a post-Covid-19 world could include a short-lived...
When the COVID-19 pandemic finally passes, the new economy that emerges will have commodity winners and losers.
Coal, for one, may prove to be a...
South32 to book $109m impairment after putting SA’s Metalloys in mothballs
SOUTH32 will book an impairment of $109m after putting its manganese alloys facilities in South Africa on care and maintenance.
Commenting in its fourth (June)...
Nigeria legalises artisanal mining in effort to generate $500m in royalties,...
NIGERIA has passed legislation making artisanal gold mining legal in a development the country hopes will generate $500m a year in royalties and taxes...
Anglo returns production to 90% capacity, but De Beers’ diamond sales...
ANGLO American achieved 90% production by end-June as it emerged from COVID-19 lockdowns which included relatively stable production from its key copper assets, the...
Digitalisation tipped to save SA mining firms R213bn in six years,...
SOUTH Africa’s mining industry could unlock R213bn in economic value in six years by digitalising its processes, according to a study by Accenture, a consulting...