Optimum and Koornfontein coal mines up for grabs
Optimum Coal Mine together with Optimum Coal Terminal and the independent Koornfontein Mines, in Mpumalanga are now up for sale within strict parameters as...
Tanzania to begin redistributing fallow mining land to small-scale miners
EFFORTS to reform Tanzania's minerals sector continued apace, according to Reuters which said the East African country would begin cancelling inactive mining exploration licences...
Dollar crunch and power cuts hurt Zimbabwe’s miners in the first...
A CURRENCY crunch and the first effects of the latest round of power cuts made their presence felt in Zimbabwe's mining sector in the...
Gordhan tells Minerals Council to abandon Charter court bid in favour...
SOUTH Africa’s public enterprises minister, Pravin Gordhan, revealed an embarrassingly shallow understanding on Tuesday evening of the mining industry’s multi-year struggle for policy certainty.
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Tharisa keeping the faith with Zimbabwe with progress “slow” but “enabling”
AFTER the euphoria of Robert Mugabe’s toppling in late 2017 after 37 years in power, Zimbabwe has returned to earth with a bit of...
Bushveld guides to higher vanadium despite plans for mid-winter downtime
BUSHVELD Minerals guided to a nine to 13% improvement in vanadium production from its Vametco facilities for its 2019/20 financial year, despite downtime of...
Breathing new life into the economy tops Ramaphosa’s ‘to do’ list...
SOUTH African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, faces a multitude of tasks following his victory at the polls on May 8, but none are larger or...
Zimbabwe power utility warns of load-shedding as dam levels fall
FALLING dam levels would contribute towards power shortages in Zimbabwe, said Reuters citing warnings from Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) that the...
Shares of world’s largest miners struggling to cast off ESG, price...
THE share prices of the world's largest mining companies, such as Rio Tinto and BHP, failed to reflect their potential ability to produce minerals...
Anglo right to make plans for defence following Anil Agarwal’s May...
CHOOSING an annual general meeting (AGM) to voice dissatisfaction with the make-up of the board is one way to do things. Another might be...