THE MINERALS Council of SA has reacted with alarm to the recent decision by Cabinet to approve in principle an export tax on ...

THE SURGE in the platinum price over the past month to above $1,385/oz may be followed by a short-term correction, but it is ...

A TEAM of Indian geologists has been sent to Zambia to assess copper and cobalt reserves, said Reuters citing two government ...

THE Minerals Council SA has called on the South African government to approve a dedicated illegal mining strategy as precious ...

SOUTH Africa has received a $474.6m loan from the African Development Bank to upgrade its transport and energy infrastructure, said Reuters citing the bank. The money adds to the $1.5bn loan South ...

A FORMAL Section 189 consultation has been launched with the relevant trade unions at Exxaro’s lossmaking Leeuwpan Colliery, which has become unsustainable in its current form, CEO Ben Magara said. He ...

JUNIOR copper miner Copper 360 is going to need more capital to achieve its 6-12 month goal of scaling its production up to 40,000 tons of ore a month and 5,000 tons of copper a year, it said. In the ...

GOLD miner Twangiza Mining SA has accused Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of forcing its employees to work without pay after seizing ...

PATRICE Motsepe’s sprawling mining conglomerate, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), has restructured manganese processing ...

GOLD miner Pan African Resources will be implementing a share buyback from Tuesday, 1 July, because it believes its shares ...

ZIJIN Mining Group has struck a deal to acquire a Kazakhstani gold operation for $1.2 billion, marking the Chinese firm’s ...

A PROMINENT Donald Trump ally is pursuing control of a controversial Congolese mine as part of Washington’s fresh approach to ...