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.
February 12, 2019 South Africa’s Sibanye-Stillwater may restructure loss-making gold shafts Gold producers in Africa's most industrialised economy, have seen profits squeezed by rising costs, labour unrest and declining grades.
Japanese copper smelters still in talks for 2026 charges with miners Fees paid by miners to turn concentrate into refined metal have come under pressure as global smelting capacity expands faster than mined supply. January 22, 2026 | 07:16 am
