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Stakeholders given opportunity to comment on draft tailings managment standard . Stakeholders will have until December 31 to comment on the Global Tailings Review's (GTR's) draft standard for mine tailings management.

The GTR was convened by the United Nations Environment Program...

In Kimberley, the world's diamond capital, illicit mining fight flounders . KIMBERLEY, South Africa (Reuters) – The first South African project to bring illegal miners into the formal fold has been plagued by violence in diamond capital Kimberley, dealing a major blow to natio...

NMP still banking on marine phosphate project despite enviro objections . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Project developer Namibian Marine Phosphate (NMP) is working to correct much of the misinformation it believes surrounds its Sandpiper marine phosphate project.

NMP ...

Semafo suspends operations, Perenti confirms number of AMS deaths . Operations at the Boungou mine site in the Est region of Burkina Faso have been suspended, following this week’s deadly attack on a convoy transporting mine employees, contractors and suppliers, Canadi...

Gold Suffers Worst Week in Two Years as Bulls Run for Cover . SINGAPORE – Gold headed for the biggest weekly loss in more than two years as progress in US-China trade talks hammered demand for havens and sent miners’ shares tumbling.

Spot bullion is 3% lower th...

Gold suffers worst week in three years as bulls run for cover . SINGAPORE – Gold headed for the biggest weekly loss in more than two years as progress in US-China trade talks hammered demand for havens and sent miners’ shares tumbling.

Spot bullion is 3% lower th...

Gold Fields’ expects South Deep to exceed its full-year production guidance . Production at JSE-listed Gold Fields’ South Deep gold mine, in South Africa, increased again in the third quarter to 61 000 oz, up 23% year-on-year and 6% quarter-on-quarter.

CEO Nick Holland on Frid...

Bushveld finalises Vanchem acquisition, on track with yearly guidance . Aim-listed vanadium producer Bushveld Minerals on Thursday announced that all outstanding conditions to the Vanchem and Ivanti acquisition had been fulfilled, effecting the $53.5-million transaction.

Congo disputes Canadian miner Banro's suspension of operations . KINSHASA – Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has declared "null and void" Canadian gold miner Banro's suspension of operations at several of its sites in the central African country.

In September Ba...

37 killed in ambush near Semafo mine . PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Perenti, previously known as Ausdrill, has confirmed a security incident some 40 km from Canadian miner Semafo’s Boungou gold mine, in Burkina Faso.

Reports have...