August 21, 2018 South African gold sector wage negotiations deadlock – union Wage negotiations in the gold sector are at a deadlock and the South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has declared a dispute, a move that is one step short…
August 21, 2018 Technical issue disrupts BHP’s Olympic Dam copper smelter Company is assessing the impact of an ongoing outage at the processing plant.
August 21, 2018 Harmony Gold swings to loss, sees deaths at operations mount The South African gold miner posted a 43% drop in annual earnings, or a 4.47 billion South African rand loss (about $309 million) and saw fatalities at its operations climb…
August 20, 2018 South Africa’s Impala Platinum flags wider full-year loss Implats said on Monday that it expects its full-year loss to widen due to impairments relating to its Rustenburg assets.
August 20, 2018 SEMAFO updates on security in Burkina Faso Canadian-based mining company, SEMAFO Inc. announced an update on its security measures in Burkina Faso.
August 20, 2018 Lucara Diamond moves forward with ‘stone by stone’ sales plan Miner will include Sarine’s mapping and planning technologies into its sales platform, which applies algorithms to match rough diamond production with polished manufacturing demand on a stone by stone basis.
August 20, 2018 AngloGold swings back to profit days before new boss takes helm The turnaround in performance was mainly the product of increased output, reduced net debt and lower-than-expected restructuring costs.
August 19, 2018 Gemfields’ operation in Ethiopia under siege by armed groups Back in June, the site was overrun by a mob estimated at between 300 and 500 people
August 19, 2018 Mine collapse in Zimbabwe kills one, injures three The Zimbabwe National Army has been dealing for months with people working illegally at the mine site.
August 17, 2018 More pain seen as economists cut key South African forecasts Things are looking better for the second half of the year and 2019, but remain challenging in many areas, with platinum and gold prices falling.”
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