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Gold hits highest since 2013 as Goldman backs bullion in crisis . SINGAPORE – Gold surged to the highest level in more than six years as fast-rising tensions in the Middle East stoked demand for haven assets, with Goldman Sachs Group saying that bullion offered a mor...

Minerals Council South Africa, South32 offer condolences on Mkhwanazi's passing . PERTH (miningweekly.com) – The Minerals Council South Africa has extended its "deepest condolences" to the family, friends and colleagues of Dr Xolani Mkhwanazi, who passed away on January 4 after a sh...

Glencore’s Katanga reaches agreement on land for Kamoto tailings . Katanga Mining, the Glencore subsidiary that operates in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has reached an agreement to acquire land where it could build a new long-term tailings facility for its ...

Lotus gets approval for Kayelekera buy . Malawi’s Minister for Natural Resources, Energy and Mining has given ASX-listed Paladin Energy consent to divest of its 85% stake in the Kayelekera uranium project.

Paladin in June struck an agreemen...

South Africa gold industry ‘under siege’, nine armed attacks reported this year . Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter on Friday called for urgent intervention by the Ministers of Police and Mineral Resources and Energy to investigate the violent assaults by heavily armed ...

Lucara beats sales guidance on stronger prices . Canadian company Lucara Diamond Corp, which operates the Karowe mine, in Botswana, has had stronger-than-expected finish to the year, with the final tender "reflecting a more stabilised market environm...

Anglo firms up technology advance with space boffins . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Diversified mining company Anglo American has announced a $13.5-million agreement with First Mode to develop innovative technology for the mining industry.

First Mod...

AngloGold restarts Ghana’s Obuasi mine . South Africa-headquartered AngloGold Ashanti has achieved its first gold pour at the Obuasi mine – five years after mining activities were suspended in 2014.

The redevelopment project, which seeks to...

Jupiter’s Tshipi mine on track to meet 2020 guidance, depiste manganese price decrease . Australia-headquartered miner Jupiter Mines has confirmed that annualised sales for its Tshipi Borwa manganese mine, in South Africa, remain on track to meet the 2020 guidance, despite a decrease in th...

Steenkampskraal receives last permit, now fully permitted to pursue construction and production . Rare earth mine Steenkampskraal has received its water licence from the Department of Water and Sanitation, marking the last of the remaining permits that the mine required. As a result, Steenkampskraa...