Alphamin exceeds second-quarter production guidance . JSE-listed tin concentrate producer Alphamin Resources’ tin production for the second quarter, ended June 30, increased by 29% quarter-on-quarter to 2 739 t.

This exceeded the production guidance for...

First 1 100 foreign mineworkers scheduled to cross back into South Africa . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The first batch of 1 100 foreign mineworkers is scheduled to cross back into South Africa on Tuesday, Mining Weekly can report.

This is part of a total of 12 500 gol...

Gold-backed ETFs record seventh consecutive month of positive flows, says WGC . Gold-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded their seventh consecutive month of positive flows, adding 104 t in June (equivalent to $5.6-billion, or 2.7%, of assets under management, or AUM) and t...

South African govt initiates process of developing societal hydrogen roadmap . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South Africa’s Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) has initiated a process, with other government and industry stakeholders, to develop a roadmap that will lead...

Covid death toll on mines rises to 21, positive cases at 3 119 . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The Covid-19 death toll in the mining industry has risen to 21, Minerals Council South Africa recorded on its website on Tuesday, with the number of Covid-positive cas...

Displacement continuing at copper mine where open pit give way is imminent . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Vertical and horizontal displacement is continuing at the Nchanga Open Pit Cut 2 in Chingola in Zambia, where geo-technical assessments point to an imminent collapse o...

DN Invest and MIC conclude R760m empowerment transaction . Diversified and niche telecommunications, retail, distribution and technology services company DN Invest (DNI) has concluded an empowerment transaction with broad-based black economic empowerment inves...

Minerals Council regrets delay of 2018 Mining Charter review . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Minerals Council South Africa on Monday expressed regret that the finalisation of the review of the contested elements of the 2018 Mining Charter had been delayed foll...

Vedanta's Zambia copper unit warns part of Nchanga openpit mine about to collapse . LUSAKA – Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a unit of diversified miner Vedanta Resources, has closed part of its openpit mine as a portion of the pit is about to collapse, the chief executive office...

Reopening of economies boosting metals prices . Since lockdown measures to contain Covid-19 around the world have eased, ratings and research agency Standard & Poor’s Global (S&P Global) says the reopening of economies, combined with monetary stimul...