Ivanhoe fast-tracks Platreef feasibility as palladium, rhodium prices soar . TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines’ South African subsidiary, Ivanplats, is fast-tracking a feasibility study on a smaller-scale, early-stage development plan using Shaft 1 as a production shaft at its Platreef ...

Green Scorpions deadline looms for Eskom’s emissions-breaching Kendal power station . State-owned electricity utility Eskom, which is struggling to keep the lights on as a result of high levels of unplanned breakdowns across its coal fleet, could be forced to shut down units at the Kend...

Lucapa's polishing strategy delivers results . PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Diamond miner Lucapa’s polishing strategy has achieved its first diamonds from a cutting and polishing partnership.

The ASX-listed company on Tuesday reported that a 36 ct ...

Endeavour Mining will not make formal offer for Centamin . Canadian miner Endeavour Mining on Tuesday announced that it would not make a firm offer for dual-listed Centamin, citing a lack of information received during an accelerated due diligence process.

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Minerals Council calls for intervention to ‘salvage and revive’ South Africa . The Minerals Council South Africa has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa and other government leaders to “salvage and revive” South Africa’s economy after noting the “increasing urgency of a range of crit...

Vanadium can boost South African mining, says GlobalData . New deposits are needed to promote the image of South Africa’s mining sector as that of a “sunrise industry”, despite years of falling production, strikes and upheaval, data analytics and consulting co...

The world’s most precious metal leaves everything else in the dust . LONDON – Palladium’s great start to the year pales in comparison to its lesser known, but much more expensive sister metal, rhodium.

Rhodium – mainly used in autocatalysts and five times more costly ...

Caledonia achieves record quarterly gold production at Blanket . Gold miner Caledonia Mining achieved record production of 16 876 oz from its 49%-owned Blanket mine, in Zimbabwe, in the quarter ended December 31.

Production was 24% higher than that of the previous...

Stable first-quarter production sets steady foundation for Tharisa . Platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome miner Tharisa’s first-quarter production has set a steady foundation for the company for the rest of this financial year, despite external disruptions.

During ...

DRDGold on track to meet upper end of guidance in June . JSE- and NYSE-listed surface gold miner DRDGold produced just over 3 037 kg of gold in the six months ended December 31.

This was an increase of 33% compared with the 2 280 kg of gold produced in the...