September 12, 2016

Six workers safely rescued from South African abandoned gold mine

South Africa is believed to have approximately 6,000 abandoned mines and between 8,000 and 30,000 illegal miners across the country.

September 11, 2016

Stars aligning for platinum price

Study predicts fifth year of growing deficits and halving of above ground stocks as strikes in top producer South Africa loom.

September 11, 2016

South African mining output falls sharply

PGMs down nearly 10% and manganese production down 24%.

September 11, 2016

NASA’s latest mission may tell us whether asteroid mining is really a go

OSIRIS-REx will collect samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth, in what it could be a pivotal step for firms currently planning to tap into the space mining…

September 9, 2016

Norilsk: A blood red river runs through it

River near the eponymous city of world's top nickel and palladium miner turns crimson.

September 6, 2016

Platinum, palladium prices pop as pay talks peter out

South African labour union that led a bruising 20-week strike in 2014 declares dispute with top producers over 50% wage hike demands.

September 1, 2016

Anglo’s top shareholder to call vote on assets sale plan

South Africa's Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which owns 14.5% of Anglo, believes the mining giant may not realize the full value of its assets.

August 25, 2016

Sibanye logs steep rise in half-year profit, mulls platinum mines future

The miner said it was is currently assessing the operational and financial situation of its platinum division, which may require "remedial action".

August 23, 2016

Investing in the new resource bull market

After four grinding years of falling metal prices and vanishing market capitalizations, we have seen a stunning shift in market sentiment since mid-January, says Matt Geiger of MJG Capital. Multiple…

August 18, 2016

SA’s mining leadership needs to grasp opportunities missed in the last commodity boom – SRK

Signs of resurgence in platinum, a stronger gold price and growing coal exports to India should be triggers for South Africa’s mining leadership to grasp the opportunities that it missed…