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All at Implats to contribute up to third of pay to Covid-19 causes . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Platinum mining and marketing company Implats said on Friday that it would be establishing a mechanism to enable members of its board, the group executive committee an...

Impala Rustenburg CE granted bail . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The arrest of the chief executive of Implats Platinum Rustenburg was on Friday welcomed by the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy P...

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...

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...

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...

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...