Rio Tinto adds voice to COVID-19 outbreak concerns after reporting iron...
RIO Tinto is the latest major mining company to flag the potentially disruptive impact of COVID-19 saying at its annual results announcement that the...
Anglo unmoved on £405m Sirius Minerals bid, saying tilt at fertiliser...
ANGLO American CEO, Mark Cutifani, stood by his group's 5.5 pence per share takeover offer for Sirius Minerals declaring it to be "fair and...
Anglo under pressure from UK hedge fund Odey to lift its...
UK-based hedge fund Odey Asset Management has called on Anglo American to lift its bid for Sirius Minerals, the troubled fertiliser development firm in...
BHP warns of economic and trade risks if COVID-19 is not...
THE coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak could hurt commodity demand if it wasn't contained by March, said BusinessLive citing BHP, the Australian miner.
Principally aimed at explaining...
Glencore keeps 2020 payout unchanged despite sag in earnings, African Copper...
GLENCORE kept the dividend steady at 20 US cents/share for its 2020 financial year - equal to a $2.6bn payout - despite reporting lower earnings...
Hope yet for SA’s junior miners as “thinly spread” Mantashe intent...
SOUTH Africa needs to get "the red tape out of the way" to encourage the development of junior miners in the country and the...
Ramaphosa asks SA to accept load-shedding whilst Govt. “fundamentally changes trajectory...
SOUTH African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, told the country’s business sector it would have to abide by continual load-shedding whilst the government set about "fundamentally...
South32 posts 80% slide in interim underlying profit as its metals...
SOUTH32 reported an 80% drop in half-year underlying profit, hurt by lower prices across its key commodities, said Reuters.
The diversified miner reported an underlying...
Minerals Council issues plea to Ramaphosa ahead of most critical SONA...
SOUTH African president, Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation (SONA) address on February 13 was the most critical since the start of the country's...
Eskom woes mean miners spend more time covering its deficits than...
INCREASING demands on South African mining companies to install renewable power, partly in response to deficits in the country's electricity utility, Eskom, is making...