September 10, 2013

Gold Fields faces SEC probe over black-ownership deal

Body is trying to determine whether the black economic empowerment (BEE) deal helped Gold Fields to secure its mining license for the South Deep operation.

September 10, 2013

Glencore Xstrata to list in S.Africa, ignores country’s issues

Unlike his peers, the company’s chief executive Ivan Glasenberg, is not afraid of betting on Africa’s largest economy.

September 9, 2013

China to lend up to $2 billion to South Sudan for mining and other development projects

China will fund South Sudan's first geological survey.

September 9, 2013

Rough diamond prices to skyrocket in 2018

Steady diamond demand in the United States, paired with an ever growing appetite from China and India set to cause a major gap in global supply and demand, says report.

September 8, 2013

Harmony Gold and striking workers announce settlement

Workers had been seeking much larger pay increases.

September 7, 2013

Televangelist Pat Robertson accused of diverting African aid to diamond mine

Relief plane flew a thousand-pound dredge to suck up diamonds from a river bed.

September 6, 2013

Most South African gold miners return to work

Workers for four of the seven companies affected by the labour action had accepted a new pay offer, believed to be about 8%

September 6, 2013

The 10 biggest mining deals of 2012

Xstrata couldn't save 2012 from having the lowest number of mining industry transactions since 2005.

September 5, 2013

INFOGRAPHIC: Proven gold reserves around the globe

World total of 52,000 metric tons.

September 5, 2013

Right now labour is SA’s big story with the stark options: The highway or the dirt road

Gideon du Plessis, General Secretary of South African trade union Solidarity, provides a brilliant summation of an extraordinarily fragile situation.