April 26, 2019

Sibanye agrees to raise offer for Lonmin on metal price gain

The increase should help bolster support from Lonmin investors, who still need to vote on the takeover.

April 25, 2019

Coal hurts Anglo American’s Q1 production, 2019 guidance unchanged

Production dropped 6% in the quarter.

April 25, 2019

Output at South Africa’s Amplats hit by Eskom power cuts

Power cuts implemented by Eskom, which supplies more than 90 percent of electricity in Africa's most advanced economy, pose a threat to miners.

April 25, 2019

Africa’s Sibanye-Stillwater lowers valuation for miner Lonmin

Sibanye-Stillwater has revised its offer for Lonmin, with new terms that gave a valuation for the struggling platinum miner that was about $77m less than originally proposed.

April 24, 2019

South African government says it intends to de-register AMCU union

AMCU, one of the largest trade unions in South Africa's mining sector, has thousands of members at gold and platinum mines.

April 24, 2019

JPMorgan ends a three-year bullish call on Anglo American shares

After almost three years of rating the mining giant’s stock as overweight, JPMorgan downgraded it to neutral on Wednesday.

April 21, 2019

Anglo steps up defense to repel Agarwal’s interest: Telegraph

Anglo American’s defense advisers are said to plan attacks on the quality of Vedanta’s portfolio compared to Anglo’s assets.

April 17, 2019

Zimbabwe attracts two new investors to develop platinum mining projects

The southern African nation has the second largest platinum deposits after South Africa.

April 17, 2019

Five-month strike at Sibanye-Stillwater mines ends with deal

The company, South Africa's largest gold producer, has run up losses of about 1.6 billion rand ($114 million) and about 110,000 ounces of missed gold output because of the labour…

April 16, 2019

Anti-mining activists in South Africa face harassment, death — report

Opponents to mining projects in South Africa are often harassed, threatened and sometimes even killed, according to a report by a group of human rights advocates including Human Rights Watch.