Afrimat acquires the Gravenhage manganese mining right
Afrimat has entered into an agreement with Aquila Steel and Rakana Consolidated Mines, to purchase 100% of the Gravenhage manganese
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Africa
PLATREEF PROJECT: changeover to a production shaft progressing well
Mining at the Ivanplats’ Platreef Project will be performed using highly-productive mechanized methods, including long-hole stoping and drift-and-fill. Each method
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Zinia Phase 2 starts producing oil in Angola
Total, operator of Block 17 in Angola, together with the Angolan National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency, has announced the
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Modernisation of Kipushi zinc mine’s underground infrastructure
The Kipushi copper-zinc-germanium-silver-lead mine in the DRC is adjacent to the town of Kipushi and approximately 30 kilometres southwest of
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Glencore to resume operations at Mutanda Co-Cu mine in 2022
Glencore plans to restart operations at its Democratic Republic of Congo Mutanda cobalt mine that also produces huge amounts of copper
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Sasol sells its Mozambique pipeline stake
Sasol’s major subsidiary, Sasol South Africa Ltd (SSA) has agreed to sell a 30% stake in the Republic of Mozambique
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Capital Refractories is looking for agents in Africa and The Middle East
Agents in Africa and the Middle East are needed, according to Capital Refractories Limited.“A suitable agent will have relevant experience and
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Eastplats continues its tailings operations producing chrome concentrate
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Eastern Platinum has reported that the Company continues its tailings remaining operations generating chrome concentrate at
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Alphamin confirms high grade tin mineralisation at Mpama South
Mauritius – Alphamin Resources, a producer of 4% of the world’s mined tin from its high-grade operation in the Democratic
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Endeavour reports strong Q1-2021 results
GEORGE TOWN – Endeavour Mining reports that its gold sales increased by 63koz in Q1-2021 compared to Q4-2020 due to
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DRC president visits Kamoto Copper Company
Glencore has announced that the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi visited the operations of
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Impala Rustenburg’s tonnes milled during last quarter up by 6%
Impala Rustenburg’s tonnes milled during the quarter ended 31 March 2021 increased by 6% to 2.51 million tonnes, compared to
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Eastplats provides PGM production and underground mine design updates
Eastern Platinum has dispatched 199.8 dry tons of platinum group metal concentrates containing 490.9 oz of PGMs under the offtake
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Harmony Gold’s significant profit translates into strong cash generation
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Harmony Gold Mining Company in its operational performance for the nine months ended 31 March 2021
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Gold, platinum and other commodities maintain rand’s strength
The South African rand’s 30% gain against the US dollar since the height of the pandemic has outstripped emerging-market peers
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AfriTin proves feasibility of Uis expansion
AfriTin Mining has released the results of its Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) for the Uis Tin Mine. The DFS confirms
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Sibanye Stillwater gold production SA operations 5% higher
Production from the SA gold operations for Q1 2021 of 7,757kg (249,392oz) was 5% higher than for Q1 2020 and
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Alphamin announces record Q1 2021 earnings
MAURITIUS – Alphamin Resources, a producer of 4% of the world’s mined tin from its high grade operation in the
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Gold Fields to build South Deep Solar Plant
The Gold Fields Board this week gave the green light for the construction of a 40MW solar plant at the
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Sibanye Stillwater delivers stellar performance
Johannesburg – The start to the year has been extremely positive, with the operational momentum from Q4 2020 (following normalisation
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Tharisa acquires a 100% shareholding in Salene Chrome Zimbabwe
Tharisa, the leading integrated platinum and chrome producer with operations in South Africa, has announced the acquisition of Salene Chrome
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DRDGOLD: Poor production performance amid weaker gold price
DRDGOLD’s shares took battering on the JSE after it reported a decline in third-quarter production and said earnings came under
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Impala Refining Services reports small declines in refined PGMs
Concentrate receipts in the Quarter ended 31 March 2021 were negatively impacted by weaker volumes from third parties and Zimplats.
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South32 increases production guidance for manganese responding to market conditions
South Africa manganese (60% share) saleable ore production increased by 11% (or 162kwmt) to 1,666kwmt in the nine months ended
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Okiep Copper study confirms potential for early cash flow
Scoping Study has been completed for a proposed ‘proof-of-concept’-scale copper mining operation at the brownfields Okiep Copper Project, located in
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Minerals Council takes ministry to court over 2018 Mining Charter
Johannesburg – The application for the judicial review and setting aside of certain clauses of the 2018 Mining Charter, brought
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PPC disposes of PPC Lime operations
PPC has announced that PPC South Africa Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the Vendor), entered into transaction agreements
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Harmony Gold Mining Company notices acquisition of its securities
Johannesburg – In accordance with the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, Harmony advises that it has received formal notification that the
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Project Roan delivers first copper material to the Sable Refinery
As previously announced, during 2020, Jubilee entered into joint venture agreements to secure rights to process over 300 million tonnes
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Zimplats’ matte production 10% weaker due to furnace reline
On 14 February 2021, a portion of the high wall at the Ngwarati Mine box cut subsided, fatally injuring an
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