Barrick production trending towards upper-end of guidance . Gold major Barrick Gold said on Thursday that its full-year production was continuing to trend towards the upper end of its 5.1-million to 5.6-million ounce guidance range, despite third-quarter produc...

Tharisa has right to all of $4.2bn Zimbabwe platinum mine . JOHANNESBURG – Tharisa, the publicly traded South African platinum and chrome miner run by the Pouroulis family, has the right to take over a platinum mine project in Zimbabwe that could ultimately cos...

South32 on track for FY guidance . PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Diversified miner South32 has reported a solid first quarter for its 2020 financial year, noting increased production at a number of its operations.

“We have maintained ann...

Master Drilling sees encouraging results from testing of new shaft boring system . JSE-listed Master Drilling has recorded positive results from pilot concept validation tests that are currently being undertaken on a new shaft boring system it is developing.

The system is being dev...

RBPlat lifts production, milled tonnes in September quarter . Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) on Wednesday reported that the total tonnes delivered to concentrators for the three-month period ended September 30, had increased by 9.2% year-on-year to just over on...

RBPlat signs R2.1bn gold streaming deal with Triple Flag . JSE-listed Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) subsidiary Royal Bafokeng Resources has reached an agreement to deliver a portion of its gold production to Canadian investment firm Triple Flag Mining Finan...

Petra pays South African, Tanzanian govts $23.1m in taxes, royalties . LSE-listed Petra Diamonds’ total payments to governments for the financial year ended June 30, amounted to $23.1-million.

This is lower than the $25.6-million paid to governments in the 2018 financia...

Zimbabwe unveils plan for $12bn in mineral revenue by 2023 . HARARE – Zimbabwe is targeting a fourfold increase in revenue from minerals by 2023 but an ambitious plan unveiled by Mines Minister Winston Chitando on Monday gave little detail on how the government ...

Anglo’s autonomous truck fleet at Quellaveco will not impact jobs . LIMA, Peru (miningweekly.com) – The planned introduction of an autonomous fleet at the Quellaveco copper mine in Peru will not impact jobs, Anglo American Peru CEO Tom McCulley told a visiting internat...

B2Gold approves $3m hybrid energy project for Mali mine . Canadian gold miner B2Gold has approved the $3-million implementation of an offgrid solar battery hybrid system at its Fekola mine, in Mali. Construction is set to start at the end of this year, with completion scheduled for August 2020.