August 22, 2018 Gold output in key countries to slump to ‘generational’ lows — report Bullion production grew for nine consecutive years to reach an all-time high in 2017.
August 21, 2018 World mine copper production up 5.7% in the first five months of 2018 Help from Latin America and Southeast Asia.
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
Rio Tinto-Glencore merger may need asset sales to win over China China's antitrust regulator is likely to be concerned about a combined entity's concentration in copper production, analysts said. January 16, 2026 | 07:45 am
