February 6, 2018 Mining companies are suddenly positive on South Africa again Cyril Ramaphosa isn’t even president yet and mining companies are already changing their tune on South Africa.
February 6, 2018 Gold demand – Q4 recovery fails to mitigate full year declines in 2017 A late rally in physical gold buying failed to prevent a drop in full-year demand last year to its lowest since 2009, the World Gold Council said, as weaker fund…
February 5, 2018 Monday massacre: Gold price rises as stocks crater Gold, copper prices gain as US blue chip index suffers worst points drop in history.
February 5, 2018 Private capital favours investing in copper over gold for first time New report shows private equity investment in mining jumped to $2.3 billion last year, with the bulk going into copper and battery metals.
February 5, 2018 Sibanye-Stillwater’s 2017 platinum production up, gold falls Platinum group metals production in South Africa rose 4 percent above the firm's guidance, to stand at to 1.19 million ounces.
February 5, 2018 Congo’s Gecamines to rework contracts with foreign partners Some of the company’s international mining partners include major names such as Glencore, China Molybdenum and Ivanhoe.
February 5, 2018 Randgold doubles dividend as CEO charges against DRC mining code Randgold boosted divvy to $2 a share, after a year of record production and soaring profits, but warned the good times may be over soon as it’s now facing demanding…
February 5, 2018 A third of S.Africa miners say no new investments in 2018 – survey The mining sector in the world's top platinum producer has in recent years been laid low by soaring wage and power costs, depressed prices, violent social and labour unrest as…
February 4, 2018 Guyana Goldfields goes underground, stops worrying about Venezuela The Canadian company is set to invest $120 million to conduct underground gold mining for the first time in Guyana’s history.
February 4, 2018 Randgold calls Congo’s new mining code “draconian” Mark Bristow says the law will “severely limit the growth of the mining industry in the DRC as well as the country's own economic prospects.”
First Quantum to sell Spanish mine for $190M Global Panduro, an entity controlled by US private equity Resource Capital Funds, will acquire the past-producing Las Cruces copper mine. December 24, 2025 | 07:28 am
