AngloGold stages major turnaround in interim free cash
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti staged a $400m swing in year-on-year free cash flow for the six months ended June after slashing total cash costs at its...
Afrimat says iron ore export volumes down 20%
RAILED iron ore export volumes had fallen about fifth in the first six months of Afrimat's 2025 financial year compared to the same period...
Petra postpones first diamond tender of 2025 financial year
PETRA Diamonds has postponed the first diamond sales of its 2025 financial year saying its decision was part of an industry-wide effort to impose...
Technology may loosen China’s stranglehold over lithium
AN Australian firm backed by Rio Tinto is raising funds to develop lithium mining technology that will reduce reliance on Chinese supply.
The Financial Times...
Copper mined in Northern Cape after 40 year hiatus
COPPER 360 said on Monday it had started underground mining from Rietberg, a copper mine in the Northern Cape – a development that represents...
Glencore slapped with $150m compensation claim
GLENCORE has been found by the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) to be criminally liable for failing to prevent the bribery of an official...
SA mining legislation needs fine-tuning
IN July 2023, the Department of Mineral Resources (DMRE), trade unions, and industry stakeholders met to discuss South Africa’s principal mining legislation, the Mineral...
Petra’s plan to avoid mistakes of last diamond market collapse
IN early 2022 Petra Diamonds CEO Richard Duffy declared the time had come for diamonds. After years of waiting, a "long-predicted" supply squeeze in...
Rio Tinto boss says Anglo deal could “derail” company
JAKOB Stausholm said mergers and acquistions could knock his company Rio Tinto off course after spending the last decade repairing its balance sheet and...
Can SA mining halt 20 years of decline?
On 29 May, South Africans headed to the polls to cast their vote in the country’s seventh democratic national and provincial elections. In the...