GLENCORE executive Japie Fullard said his company and joint venture partner Merafe Resources would seek a deal with the South African government in an attempt to avert ferrochrome furnace closures ...

CONCESSIONING South Africa’s rail infrastructure was not off the table, said Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad. Transnet, the state-owned rail and ports company, has rejected proposals from the ...

THE Minerals Council of South Africa CEO, Mzila Mthenjane on Monday acknowledged concerns over possible amendments to the country’s centrepiece mining legislation, the Minerals and Petroleum Resources ...

SOUTH Africa’s Minerals Council said Paul Dunne would continue as caretaker president until the organisation’s annual general meeting in May. This follows the resignation of Minerals Council president ...

RAIL derailments on the Sishen to Saldanha railway contributed towards an 8% decline in fourth quarter iron ore deliveries, said Kumba Iron Ore. Commenting in a fourth quarter and full year production ...

THE South African government’s new mining cadastral system is due to be launched mid-year but officials at the Minerals Council were unsure if it would be road-worthy. “The minister (Gwede Mantashe) ...

ANGLO American Platinum (Amplats) booked R3.5bn in costs partly related to its demerger from Anglo American, which is expected to be completed by mid-year. The platinum group metal miner also ...

THE improvement in the gold price and weakness in the Canadian dollar has made Gold Fields’s $1.2bn purchase of Osisko Mining in October look “significantly cheaper”, said the gold miner’s CEO, Mike ...

PAN African Resources is to report a decrease in interim headline share earnings owing to less gold sold in the six months, although production was set to be within its guided range in December of ...

BARRICK Gold was “making progress” in its dispute with Mali following recent allegations about unpaid tax, but not as quickly as expected, said Bloomberg News. “Mali has got itself in a position where ...

DRDGOLD said interim share earnings will be 60% to 70% higher year-on-year owing to a much higher rand gold price, up 26%. Interim headline share earnings would come in between 109.2 cents and 116.0c ...

SIBANYE-Stillwater is working on a chrome financing transaction which it will use to further strengthen the balance sheet. A financing deal in chrome, possibly a prepayment, will represent the last ...