Amplats to restructure mines potentially affecting 3,700 jobs
ANGLO American Platinum (Amplats) announced a restructuring review across its operating base potentially affecting 3,700 fixed term employees as well as 620 contracting companies.
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Northam Platinum “pauses, defers, curtails” projects as sales fall 25%
NORTHAM Platinum said on Monday it had adjusted capital projects across its three mines following a deterioration in the platinum group metal (PGM) market.
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Lucara re-enters diamond sales agreement with HB Antwerp
LUCARA Diamond Corp, the Toronto-listed miner, has re-entered a diamond sales agreement with cutter and polisher HB Group for goods larger than 10.8 carats...
CEOs confounded by disconnect between shares and gold price
THE massive underperformance of gold equities compared with movements in physical gold appears to be due to different views on the metal between major...
B2Gold employees killed in Mali after attack on convoy
B2GOLD said three employees were killed and several others injured in an attack on a company convoy in Mali about 75km west of Bamako,...
SA mining fears Govt’s new cadastre is no quick fix
IN January, South Africa’s department of mineral resources & energy (DMRE) finally unveiled its preferred technology provider for a new minerals cadastre. The cadastre,...
Sibanye-Stillwater, Heraeus to boost long-term palladium demand
SIBANYE-Stillwater has teamed up with metals trader and recycling company Heraeus Precious Metals to investigate use of palladium in downstream hydrogen applications. The two...
South32 gives nod to $2.16bn US polymetallic project Hermosa
SOUTH32 approved a $2.16bn zinc-lead-silver project in the US, as it released first-half results that saw it take a battering from a slump in...
Bristow’s life-long crusade against the dilutionary and the delusionary
BARRICK Gold CEO Mark Bristow sounded off long and hard on his favourite theme – organic growth – in yesterday’s presentation of Barrick’s results...
Pan African storms back but investors sit on sidelines
PAN African Resources CEO Cobus Loots rowed back on comments the company could produce more gold than forecast saying on Wednesday current guidance of...