Orion Minerals halts Prieska financing talks . PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Copper developer Orion Minerals on Tuesday said that it would postpone debt financing activities for the development of its Prieska copper project, in South Africa, until glo...

Rio cuts back South African and Canadian operations . PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Major Rio Tinto on Tuesday announced that it would slow down some of its operations in South Africa and Canada as part of efforts to slow the spread of Covid-19.

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South African miners preparing for three-week lockdown . Various South African mining companies have pledged their support for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Covid-19 directives and range of measures in respect of mitigating the impact of the pandemic on South ...

Sibanye warns of lower activity from Blitz mine . To further proactively manage the Covid-19 threat at NYSE- and JSE-listed Sibanye-Stillwater’s platinum group metal (PGM) operations in the US, the company has decided to reduce the number of people wo...

Endeavour, Semafo merge to form West Africa’s largest gold miner . TSX-listed miners Endeavour Mining and Semafo have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Endeavour will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Semafo for about C$1-billion.

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If we don’t take climate change seriously, God help us – Mxolisi Mgojo . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Coal mining company Exxaro Resources, which acknowledges coal’s negative impact on climate in a 20-page publication just released, expresses the view that a just trans...

Anglo takes companywide measures to limit spread, mitigate impacts of Covid-19 . Global diversified miner Anglo American has announced measures it is implementing across its mining and corporate operations in light of the Covid-19 outbreak.

CE Mark Cutifani on Friday said the mea...

Buy gold 'right here and now',’ top wealth manager says . Now’s the time to buy gold, according to one of the world’s leading wealth managers, which flagged bullion’s prospects after the haven lost out to the dollar in recent weeks as the pandemic roils marke...

Gold pares weekly losses after weaker dollar brings relief . SINGAPORE – Bullion got a reprieve Friday as the dollar halted its rally, although the metal remains poised for a back-to-back weekly loss.

Gold headed for its biggest daily gain since March 3 and si...

Amplats reviewing capital plans to provide for at least R650m in plant repairs . JSE-listed Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) on Thursday confirmed that repairs to its subsidiary Rustenburg Platinum Mines’ converter plant was progressing on schedule for completion by May 25.

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