Harmony Gold’s free operating cash soars . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Gold mining company Harmony Gold on Tuesday reported 106% increase in operating free cash flows on a 25% improvement in the rand gold price.

In financial year (FY) 2...

Mponeng integration presenting ‘wonderful opportunities’ – Harmony Gold . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The integration of Mponeng underground gold mine and Mine Waste Solutions surface gold recovery operation into Harmony Gold was presenting “wonderful opportunities” in...

Platinum’s new sweeter spot elicits multiplicity of optimistic analyst views . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The new sweeter spot that platinum group metals (PGMs) has entered drew a multiplicity of mainly optimistic viewpoints from analysts attending the virtual PGM Industry...

Sale of AngloGold's South African assets to Harmony to close on Sept 30 . JSE- and NYSE-listed AngloGold Ashanti has announced that all conditions precedent to the sale of its remaining mines in South Africa to Harmony Gold have been met.

This includes the unconditional ap...

Platinum group metals patenting their way into battery EV space . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Platinum Group Metals CEO R Michael Jones does not let grass grow under his feet. His parting shot to moderator Bernard Swanepoel at the virtual 2020 PGMs Industry Day...

Rio drops axe on CEO, execs over caves debacle . PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Mining major Rio Tinto has announced the resignation of CEO Jean-Sebastian Jacques, iron-ore CEO Chris Salisbury and group executive of corporate relations Simone Niven, foll...

Diamond sales improve in line with eased Covid-19 restrictions globally – De Beers . The value of diamond miner De Beers' rough diamond sales, which include global sightholder sales and auctions, for the sixth and seventh sales cycles of this year, amounted to $116-million and $320-mil...

Hydrogen, platinum venture capital fund sets up shop in South Africa with dollars to invest . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – London-headquartered AP Ventures, an independent venture capital fund focussed on investing in early-stage companies that use or enable the use of platinum group metal...

IEA says green hydrogen is ‘ready for big time’ and lists Africa as key production site . Africa has been listed, in a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report, as one of the locations that could emerge as dominant in the production of green hydrogen, which the agency says is required t...

Sibanye-Stillwater eyes battery metals . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Having started its diversification strategy by venturing into platinum-group metals (PGMs) in 2016, Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman says the company is now consid...