November 27, 2019

Anglo CEO urges South Africa to upgrade rail, ports to boost mining

The government must tackle unresolved issues in the mining charter and “bring stability” to Eskom.

November 26, 2019

Zimbabwe miners appeal to minister over power supply failure

Zesa Holdings has broken its promise to “ring-fence” supplies to miners.

November 22, 2019

Platinum catch-22 prevents miners tapping the hottest metals

South African miners face a conundrum: increasing palladium and rhodium output to take advantage of soaring prices risks depressing the already fragile market for sister metal platinum.

November 15, 2019

South Africa’s platinum mining firms, top union end ‘titanic battle’ as they seal wage deal

The deal comes as a relief to the sector, where officials were fearful of a repeat of a five-month platinum strike in 2014-2015 which crippled production and hurt the economy.

November 13, 2019

Zimbabwe to enforce “use it or lose it” policy for mining assets

Zimbabwe will vigorously enforce a policy to force companies to develop their mining assets and not keep the land for speculative purposes.

November 12, 2019

South Africa’s AMCU mining union seals platinum wage deals

South Africa's biggest platinum mining union has sealed wage agreements with Anglo American Platinum, Impala Platinum, and Sibanye-Stillwater.

November 11, 2019

Impala’s Zimbabwe mine is said to be in talks on Amplats land

The purchase of the claims by the Mimosa mine, which is jointly owned by Impala and Sibanye Gold, could be finalized by the end pf the year.

November 6, 2019

Anglo American says Eskom a major risk as it mulls growth

Eskom, which produces about 95% of South Africa’s power, has been forced to implement rolling blackouts that caused economic output to contract the most in a decade in the first…

October 31, 2019

Sibanye says on track to resume dividends as earnings surge

Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization surged 240% to 5.5 billion rand ($366 million) in the quarter through September.

October 30, 2019

Zimbabwe eyes platinum-led revival. Miners see little chance

The southern African nation is facing the first contraction in gross domestic product since 2008.