May 15, 2019 Army puts backers off multibillion-dollar Zimbabwe platinum mine A plan to build Zimbabwe’s biggest platinum mine at a cost of about $4 billion is floundering because a military stake in the project has deterred potential backers.
May 15, 2019 Platinum firms gear up for tough South Africa wage talks A rise in producer profits is likely to provoke higher wage demands from labour unions including the militant AMCU.
May 15, 2019 Lonmin likely to cut fewer jobs due to revenue boost – CEO Higher prices for a basket of Lonmin's metals and a weaker South African rand helped the London-listed miner to an annual pre-tax profit in 2018, its first since 2013.
May 15, 2019 Ivanhoe Mines secures full financing for first two mines in Congo Ivanhoe can now finance Kakula and Kipushi mine to commercial production, and significantly advance, or achieve, production at the company’s Platreef Project in South Africa.
May 14, 2019 Barrick Gold prepping sale of Zambian copper mine in H2 The world's second largest bullion miner is preparing its Zambian copper mine Lumwana for sale in the second half of 2019, looking to target Chinese buyers.
May 14, 2019 South Africa’s Kumba Iron Ore sees higher H1 headline profit The company said on Tuesday first-half headline earnings is expected to rise at least 160%, boosted by higher iron ore export prices and a weaker rand/US dollar exchange rate.
May 14, 2019 White Metal to purchase four copper properties in Namibia The licenses the miner is acquiring cover historical copper-silver resources in the Kalahari Copper Belt and the Kaoko Belt.
May 14, 2019 Petra Diamonds fetches $15m for 425-carat legacy diamond The exceptional D colour Type IIa gem was recovered in March from the company’s iconic Cullinan mine, the same that yielded the biggest diamond ever in 1905.
May 13, 2019 South Africa’s golden age is dead. Good riddance — opinion The gold mining industry that built South Africa and produced about half of the yellow metal that’s ever been dug up seems now to be in terminal decline.
May 13, 2019 Zimbabwe faces worst power cuts in 3 years, mines hit The power cuts started on Monday and would last up to eight hours during morning and evening peak periods.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
