A province rich in minerals, with profitable investment opportunities, the Northern Cape is seeing mining developments gain ground both literally and figuratively. In fact, in order to further expand on the mining industry at present, an entire...
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is donating an undisclosed amount to the Association for Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) to aid platinum workers affected by the protracted strike, which is now entering its 16th week, reports AFP. “We...
The Artisanal & Small Mining Africa Network (ASMAN) of Ghana has called for the use of mercury in the artisanal mining sector to be curtailed due to the adverse long-term health and environmental impact, reports Ghanaweb. ASMAN is an NGO in...
An unintended but potentially damaging erosion of authority structures at the workface might be bad for safety underground as and when platinum mineworkers return to work, according to SRK Consulting (SA) chairman Roger Dixon. “The relationship...
South Africa regained the number five slot from Peru, according to Metals Focus latest ranking of the top ten gold-producing countries, reports Mineweb. The consultancy revealed that the Russian Federation surpassed the US as the world’s number...
Barrick Gold easily retained its number one position, ahead of Newmont and AngloGold Ashanti, as the world’s top gold-producing companies, according to the latest data from Metals Focus consultancy quoted by Mineweb. This was despite a 3% fall in...
The transformation process underway at Gold Fields’ South Deep gold mine “will continue to gain traction through the June quarter, and should result in greater stability and improved productivity during the second half of the year,” said CEO Nick...
South Deep is the most important value driver in the Gold Fields portfolio, CEO Nick Holland said in the company’s results for the March 2014 quarter. As a result, the company has “fundamentally changed the way we manage and execute the South Deep...
Global market volatility looks set to remain in the short to medium term, as “a number of structural deficiencies remain unresolved,” said chairman Jan du Plessis at Rio Tinto’s AGM in Melbourne, Australia. “Over the past five years, we have...
