Jupiter given approval for partial restart of manganese mine . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Approval to restart operations at the Tshipi Borwa manganese mine partially has been granted to Tshipi é Ntle Manganese Mining by the Department of Mineral Resources ...

DRDGold resumes work at reduced levels . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Surface gold mining company DRDGold announced on Thursday that work had resumed at reduced levels at the tailings miner's Ergo operation on the East Rand and also at i...

Mid-May mining resumption likely – Minister . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Mining is likely to resume towards the middle of May rather than in early May, Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said on Thursday.

An early-May re...

Mining may resume at 50% capacity – Minister . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – All mining operations, excluding collieries supplying Eskom have been permitted to operate at full capacity through national lockdown, may function at 50% capacity dur...

Partial delisting of platinum debentures . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – More than a million platinum debentures were delisted at the start of JSE business on Wednesday, NewGold stated in a stock exchange news service (SENS) announcement.

Harmony Gold, NUM agree on May 2 return date . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and gold mining company Harmony have May 2 as the return-to-work date following South Africa’s Covid-19 lockdown.

This agreem...

AngloGold restarts surface operations on limited basis . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The surface operations of gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti have restarted on a limited basis following the granting of recommencement permission by South Africa’s...

Gold’s powerful rally brings $1 800 into view as spreads yawn . Gold extended a rally to hit the highest level in more than seven years on concern that the coronavirus pandemic will have a devastating effect on the global economy, hammering corporate earnings while...

Sibanye-Stillwater top-brass donate third of pay to Covid-19 fund . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) ­– The board and executive management of precious metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater on Monday unanimously elected to contribute a third of their remuneration, for...

Surface gold operations functioning at 70% of capacity – Pan African . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The surface operations of gold-mining company Pan African are functioning at 70% of normal production capacity, but with only 26% of the workforce, the company said in...