Orion agrees top-level pay cuts, reduces employee numbers . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – A revised interim remuneration structure had been agreed with all directors and executives of Orion Minerals, the Sydney- and Johannesburg-listed company said on Wedne...

RBPlat bucks turbulent trend with stable first-quarter production . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Platinum group metals mining company Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) on Wednesday reported stable first-quarter production output despite significant operational head...

South Deep gold mine trialling remote loading from surface . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South Deep, the mechanised Gold Fields gold mine in western Gauteng, is putting remote loading to the test.

“We’re trialling remote loading from surface, where we ha...

Morale high as Covid-masked South African miners get back to work . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Morale is reportedly high as Covid-masked and physically distanced South African mineworkers get back to mining underground for companies that have gone the extra mile...

Mandela Mining Precinct can play key role in navigating industry through Covid-19 crisis . Times of crisis and chaos necessitate introspection, creativity and adaptation, and while the Covid-19 pandemic is a challenge that is unprecedented in recent human memory, it highlights how essential ...

MC Mining's third-quarter coal production up 12% . Coal miner MC Mining’s Uitkomst Colliery produced 127 122 t of run-of-mine (RoM) coal in its third quarter, ended March 26 − the day before South Africa entered into a five-week lockdown to curb the sp...

Lesotho permits diamond mining to restart ahead of lockdown . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The Lesotho government has permitted diamond mines to reopen from Monday, ahead of the May 5 lockdown extension, Gem Diamonds said on Friday.

Mining Weekly can repor...

Kumba adds to liquidity with cost saving, capex deferral . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Iron-ore mining company Kumba Iron Ore said on Thursday that it was targeting a cost saving of R325-million and deferral of R1-billion of non-critical capital expendit...

Good progress on converter plant repair – Amplats . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Platinum group metals (PGMs) mining and marketing company Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) said on Thursday that repairs to its Anglo Converter Plant (ACP) Phase B th...

South African diamond production up 97% – Anglo . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Diamond production in South Africa increased by 97% to 0.8-million carats as the final ore from the opencast Venetia mine in Limpopo is mined prior to transitioning to...