February 17, 2019

Zimbabwean rescuers pull 22 bodies from mine, eight more found alive

The government declared the accident a disaster.

February 15, 2019

South Africa’s Gold Fields FY profit slumps as production drops

Revenue dropped 7% to $2.58 billion in 2018 from $2.76 billion in 2017 due to the lower ounces sold.

February 15, 2019

Zimbabwe set to retrieve trapped illegal miners, more casualties expected

The miners were trapped on Tuesday night when the shafts they were working in were flooded after a nearby dam burst.

February 15, 2019

Centamin sees mineral resources more than doubling in Côte d’Ivoire

The miner has added 780,000 indicated ounces of gold to its Doropo project in Cote d’Ivoire, taking the its overall resource to over 2 million ounces.

February 14, 2019

Miners vs African governments: The fight’s just getting started

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo issued a firm warning: stop expecting supercharged profits from Africa’s mineral riches.

February 14, 2019

At least 23 illegal Zimbabwean gold miners feared dead after shafts flooded

Small-scale gold producers, including illegal miners, accounted for nearly 60 percent of the record 33 tonnes of gold produced in Zimbabwe last year.

February 14, 2019

Famed Cullinan mine banks on big diamonds to drive down debt

It could take 'between five and 10 years' to clear the debts related to the mine.

February 14, 2019

Sibanye-Stillwater may cut nearly 6,000 jobs in gold shake-up

Sibanye-Stillwater said it had entered into talks with stakeholders on restructuring its gold operations following financial losses at the Beatrix 1 and Driefontein 2,6,7,8 shafts during 2018.

February 13, 2019

Strike over job losses compounds South Africa blackout woes

While South Africa has suffered electricity shortages for more than a decade, the utility is at a crisis point and is seen as the biggest threat to the economy.

February 13, 2019

Barrick Gold posts $1.2 billion quarterly loss, sees cost rising in 2019

The company pinned the cost increases partly on mining ending at its low-cost Cortez Hills open pit in Nevada in the first half of the year.