July 6, 2018

Barrick’s Acacia Mining keeps suffering from Tanzania row

Gold production for the three months to June dropped 36% to 133,778 ounces as operations at two its three mines - Bulyanhulu and Buzwagi – were scaled back.

July 5, 2018

Hitching gold to the electric vehicle bandwagon

Don't get your hopes up.

July 5, 2018

S. Africa seeks re-opening of shuttered mines to boost economy

Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe believes mines on care and maintenance are bad for the economy.

July 4, 2018

Our four favourite charts from PWC’s mining industry survey

"He's my favourite."

July 4, 2018

Nigeria to offer 12.7 bln naira mining contract to eight firms

Nigeria will offer a 12.7 billion naira ($41.6 million) mining contract to eight companies in exploration and consultancy, its junior mining minister said on Wednesday.

July 4, 2018

Indians are falling out of love with gold — and millennials are partly to blame

Indians’ love affair with gold is cooling.

July 4, 2018

Nautilus Minerals tanks on shipbuilding contract cancellation

Fresh setback for the company’s Solwara 1 project, expected to be the world’s first seabed gold, copper, silver mine.

July 4, 2018

Indonesia extends Freeport operating permit for Grasberg

Indonesia has extended an operating permit for Freeport's Grasberg copper-gold mine while discussions over long-term rights continue.

July 3, 2018

Gold price ‘cleared for rally’ after hedge funds dump 700 tonnes

Large scale gold price speculators have cut bullish positions to levels last seen at the end of 2015 when gold hit a 6-year low of $1,050 an ounce.

July 3, 2018

Sibanye cuts South Africa gold output forecast after deaths

Sections of Sibanye’s Masakhane mine, where an earth tremor resulted in the death of seven workers, have been shut for rehabilitation until February.