RBPlat bites lip as speculation grows it is being punished by...
THERE is speculation of significant distress at the platinum facilities of Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat), a black-owned mining company, that has tempted it to take...
Harmony to tap shareholders for R1.4bn to seal Moab deal
HARMONY Gold confirmed it would tap shareholders for $100m (R1.4bn) in order to part pay for the $300m purchase of the Moab Khotsong mine...
CER appeal against Atha-Africa’s Mabola coal project dismissed
UNLISTED Indian company Atha-Africa Ventures received a massive shot in the arm after the South African government rejected an appeal against an environmental authorisation...
South32 trims capital guidance, balance sheet keeps sturdy look
SOUTH32 has trimmed its sustaining capital number for its 2018 financial year to $470m from previous guidance of $500m after deferring the underground development of its...
ARC confident Kropz will overcome water, commissioning troubles
PATRICE Motsepe's Johannesburg-listed financial services company, African Rainbow Capital (ARC), was confident commercial production at its 26%-owned Kropz, which owns the Elandsfontein phosphate mine,...
RBCT hoping for big Q4 response after storm forced closure
RICHARDS Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) will be hoping it can repeat its fourth quarter performance of last year when it shipped just over eight...
B2Gold’s Mali gold mine, Fekola, kicks off life in auspicious style
B2GOLD, the Toronto-listed gold producer, reported an auspicious start to the life of its newly commissioned Fekola gold mine in Mali, saying it had...
Pretorius won’t take DRDGold shareholders for granted in Sibanye deal
DRDGOLD CEO, Niël Pretorius, said he would not take any chances in getting shareholders to support the proposed acquisition of gold-bearing slimes from Sibanye-Stillwater,...
Tharisa coming of age as gains payout, expansion momentum
PLANS by Tharisa to expand chrome production to two million tonnes annually would not compromise the sustainability of the firm's recently upgraded dividend policy,...
Zimbabwe to miss out on energy mineral spend despite regime change
WHILE Zimbabwe has the geological resource base to step up production of lithium the political risk in the country is still so great it...