June 14, 2019

South African AMCU union seeks $1,145 monthly basic wage in pay talks

The world's top platinum miners are bracing for a fresh round of negotiations with South African workers as a rise in profits is likely to provoke higher wage demands from…

June 13, 2019

World’s top platinum miners brace for ‘substantial’ wage demands

“Companies are performing well and we are confident they can accommodate our demands”

June 7, 2019

Noront and Aroland First Nation to work together on nickel mine in Ontario

The Indigenous group will become a shareholder in Noront.

June 3, 2019

Bravura to spend over $50m to explore for platinum in Zimbabwe

Bravura Consortium will spend more than $50 million to explore for and mine platinum in Zimbabwe.

May 30, 2019

S.Africa’s Amplats settles strike at Mototolo mine

An illegal strike that led to the dismissal of over 600 employees at the Mototolo mine run by Anglo American Platinum has been resolved and the workers will be reinstated.

May 29, 2019

After M&A spree, Sibanye is now the world’s No. 1 platinum miner

The deal, approved by shareholders on Tuesday, creates a company that will eclipse Anglo American Platinum Ltd. as the world’s biggest platinum miner and will rank second to Russia’s MMC…

May 28, 2019

Sibanye, Lonmin merge to create world’s largest platinum miner

The deal also establishes the Sibanye-Stillwater Group as the world’s second-biggest palladium miner.

May 23, 2019

Zimbabwe awards platinum concession to firm linked to Nigerian billionaire

Bavura Holdings, in which Nigerian billionaire Benedict Peters is a major shareholder, would sign an agreement to mine platinum on Zimbabwe's mineral-rich Greak Dyke.

May 23, 2019

Biggest Africa investor goes to London for Lonmin decision

South Africa’s Public Investment Corp. faces a tough choice: back Sibanye Gold’s takeover of Lonmin, and take a hit on its investment, or scupper the deal and risk having to…

May 22, 2019

Zimbabwe mine output subdued in first quarter as dollar crunch bites

Gold deliveries to central bank unit Fidelity Printers and Refiners, which buys all the country's gold, declined to 6.5 tonnes from 7.3 tonnes during the January-March quarter.