Harmony Gold decries attacks on gold plants . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The spate of violent attacks on gold smelting plants is of great concern, Harmony Gold CEO Peter Steenkamp said on Tuesday.

There were 19 attacks on gold facilities ...

Harmony Gold expects to have 30 MW solar plant year from now . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Gold mining company Harmony expects to have a 30 MW solar power plant running in a year from now, provided all regulatory obstacles are removed. The company is also in...

Glencore signs five-year cobalt supply deal with Samsung SDI . Global diversified miner Glencore has entered into a five-year cobalt hydroxide supply agreement with rechargeable battery manufacturer Samsung SDI.

Glencore will supply up to 21 000 t of cobalt cont...

Platinum to play ever increasing role in greener, cleaner world – Anglo . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) ­– Platinum group metals (PGMs) mining company Anglo American Platinum is convinced that PGMs are poised to play increasingly significant roles in a greener, cleaner wor...

Semafo restarts Boungou plant in Burkina Faso . The share price of Canadian miner Semafo climbed 9% in Toronto on Thursday, as the gold producer announced that it had restarted production from its Boungou mine, which was closed last year after a roa...

Exxaro, Bell partner up to enhance supplier development offering . Empowered resources company Exxaro Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with equipment dealer Bell Equipment Sales South Africa (Bessa) to enhance the offering of its enterprise and...

De Beers Group’s ‘make life brilliant’ fostering best-in-class mining . Airships may replace winter roads at Chidliak

70% of rough diamonds sold to local beneficiators

CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – De Beers Group Managed Operations MD responsible for South Africa and ...

Implats’ interim earnings to rise on higher PGM prices . JSE-listed Impala Platinum (Implats) expects its headline earnings and headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the half-year ended December 31, to be between 42% and 62% and between 32% and 50% higher, ...

Universal cautious on TerraCom offer . PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed coal miner Universal Coal has urged shareholders not to take any action around a proposed takeover offer from fellow-listed TerraCom.

TerraCom earlier this week ...

Transnet plans to boost the volume of coal transported by rail to Eskom . CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – State-owned Transnet says it is planning to ramp up the amount of coal it transports by rail to power utility Eskom's power stations to 32.5-million tonnes over the next ...