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Orion Minerals discussed selling shares in Prieksa Copper Zinc Project to...

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SOUTH Africa's state-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) were among the potential equity investors with whom Orion Minerals had...

Barrick pays Tanzania Govt. $100m from first gold-in-concentrate exports in three...

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BARRICK Gold said it had paid $100m of some $300m owed to the Tanzanian government after the sides agreed in 2019 to settle allegations...

Jihadist base ‘dismantled’ in southern Burkina Faso after first cross-border military...

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AN Islamist militant camp in southern Burkina Faso was "dismantled" by a joint military effort by Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso, said Bloomberg News. The action...

Zambia advances plans to shore up finances as gold to be...

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ZAMBIA'S plans to shore up its finances took another turn last week after the southern African country amended legislation to make gold a strategic...

Strike ends at Tenke Fungurume after workers agree “isolation bonus” following...

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A STRIKE at China Molybdenum’s Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) was bought to an end after only a day on Sunday, said Reuters citing Willy Kitobo Samsoni,...

Northam Platinum raises R411m in new funds as part of note...

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NORTHAM Platinum has raised R411m in new funds after selling more new notes than it had initially planned as part of a previously announced...

AngloGold suspends Mponeng mine after 164 employees test positive for COVID-19

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ANGLOGOLD Ashanti halted production at its Mponeng mine west of Johannesburg after 164 employees tested positive for COVID-19. This is the largest single outbreak of...

Minerals Council dismisses as senseless union calls to shut COVID-19 hit...

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THE Minerals Council of South Africa dismissed as senseless union calls for mines to be closed in the event of reporting cases of COVID-19. "Indiscriminate...

Mauritania Govt. brings 17-day Tasiast strike to a close, says Kinross...

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A SEVENTEEN day strike by employees at Tasiast, a mine owned by Kinross Gold, had been brought to a close today by the Mauritanian...

Reviewing coal contracts might be a good move for Eskom, depending...

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COAL supply agreements between mining firms and Eskom are routinely private affairs which is why the idea of indexing domestic coal has failed to...