March 28, 2018 Sibanye-Stillwater partners with Wits to create the ‘mine of the future’ In partnership with the Wits Mining Institute (WMI) at the University of the Witwatersrand, the company launched the Sibanye-Stillwater Digital Mining Laboratory (DigiMine).
March 28, 2018 DRDGold okays Sibanye-Stillwater $110 million-assets exchange deal South Africa’s top gold producer has secured a 38% stake in DRDGold in exchange for some of its assets, which boosts the mid-tier gold miner’s reserves by 91% to 5.7…
March 28, 2018 Japan’s JXTG raises profit forecast despite $1.2bn charge The Japanese energy and metals company said the impairment loss at its Caserones copper mine in Chile was due to higher production costs.
March 27, 2018 Copper price: 120% premium for Brazil junior another bullish sign Oz Minerals offers top dollar for Avanco which boasts top private equity players and Glencore as major shareholders.
March 27, 2018 Nickel market eyes Philippines as mine review delayed yet again The review by the Mining Industry Coordinating Council is now set to take six months instead of three, according to the Department of Finance.
March 27, 2018 Profit at China’s Jinchuan International surges on higher cobalt, copper prices Jinchuan posted net profit of $41.6 million last year, up from 8.3 million a year earlier.
March 27, 2018 Rio Tinto fully out of coal sector with $2.25bn Kestrel mine sale Company has agreed to sell its 80% stake in the Kestrel mine to a consortium comprising of private equity manager EMR Capital and Indonesian coal company Adaro Energy.
March 27, 2018 Copper Mountain gains approval for $71m acquisition of Altona The combination of the two companies will result in a mid-sized copper miner, with an expected annual production of about 73,000 tonnes of the metal.
March 27, 2018 Vedanta shuts protests-ridden copper smelter in India for 15 days The maintenance activity, originally scheduled for April, comes amid media reports that thousands had taken to the streets and shut shops in Thootukudi to protest against the expansion of the…
March 26, 2018 Canadian miner allowed to operate in Sweden Gungnir's drill campaign would begin in the second quarter of 2018 with 20 diamond drill holes testing six target areas over a strike length of more than 8 km.
Chinese court sentences 27 people for smuggling antimony ingots The case involved the smuggling of more than 166 metric tons of antimony, of which Chinese customs seized more than 96 tons. December 16, 2025 | 07:22 am
