July 25, 2016 Petra Diamonds results beat expectations on strong sales, production Output rose 16% to 3.7 million carats, which puts Petra on track to hit its long term annual target of 5 million carats in 2018, a year earlier than planned.
July 25, 2016 S. African mining firms support Gov’t efforts in respect of unclaimed lung disease benefits The six mining companies which form the Occupational Lung Disease Working Group said they support the work being done by the national departments of Mineral Resources and Health to ensure…
July 22, 2016 Fresh wave of Chinese firms to go after Congo’s riches — report Faced with declining domestic production, China's top copper company — Minmetals — said earlier this year that the "only solution” was going overseas, and many are following its steps.
July 22, 2016 Rising metal prices help AngloGold Ashanti swing back to profit The world’s third-biggest gold miner said its net earnings will also benefit from weaker operating currencies in South Africa, Brazil, Australia and Argentina.
July 20, 2016 Heavy snowfall in Chile forces Anglo to cut annual copper target Shares plunged after miner revealed that output fell almost across the board in the April – June period.
July 19, 2016 Kibali continues to work through challenges as it heads for full production Speaking at a regular briefing, Bristow said that, as anticipated, the complexity of dealing with multiple ore types from different sources had affected throughput, recovery and grade in the first…
July 19, 2016 Mick Davis to overhaul X2 Resources as fund fails to close any mining deal Recovering commodity prices and investors' veto on deals have frustrated Davis and his team in their search for mining and metals bargains.
July 18, 2016 Did $78 billion South African gold exports really go missing? According to a UN report, since 2000 two-thirds of South Africa's gold exports – mostly to India – did not appear on its trade partners' books.
July 18, 2016 Botswana to keep unprofitable copper miner alive just to save jobs The government will maintain 1.4 billion pula ($130 million) of annual spending on state-owned BCL for now.
July 15, 2016 South African gold firms file plea to appeal lung disease class action The class action the firms want to appeal to, paves the way for thousands of current and former miners suffering from silicosis and tuberculosis to seek damage compensation from the…
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
