De Beers continues to offer supply flexibility as polished inventories remain high. Diamond miner De Beers Group sold $280-million of rough diamonds during the seventh sales cycle of this year. While this was $30-million higher than sales for the sixth cycle, it was significantly low...

S Africa well placed to supply competitive hydrogen - CSIR. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - South Africa, which has excellent solar and wind energy potential, is well placed to produce and export clean renewable hydrogen, says Council for Scientific and Indus...

Gold strike to push Sibanye-Stillwater to interim loss. Gold and platinum-group metals (PGMs) miner Sibanye-Stillwater expects to report an attributable loss of 265-million rand for the six months ended June 30, compared with a 77-million rand profit for the six mo...

DRDGold's full-year earnings rise. JSE- and NYSE-listed DRDGold expects to report headline earnings per share (HEPS) of between 10.73c and 11.07c for the financial year ended June 30, compared with the HEPS of 1.7c a share reported for ...

Seriti may turn to equipment makers as coal IPOs shunned. JOHANNESBURG - Seriti Resources Holdings, which is poised to become South Africa's second-biggest coal producer, may take funding from equipment suppliers and hold off on a listing as the fuel is being...

Mali's new mining code shortens stability period to 10 years - ministry. BAMAKO - Under a new mining code, companies operating in Mali will be protected from fiscal changes for 10 years, down from the previous "stability period" of 30 years, a senior mines ministry official...

Gold gets driven toward $1600 as oldest haven shows its mettle. SINGAPORE - Gold took a stride toward $1600 an ounce as the US-China trade war worsened, hurting the outlook for global growth and boosting demand for the traditional haven as risk assets suffered. B...

Favourable prices, higher output lift Base Resources' full-year profits. ASX- and Aim-listed Base Resources achieved record earnings and net profit after tax (NPAT) for the financial year ended June 30, on the back of higher mineral sands production. In the reporting year,...

South African court rules in favour of Vedanta in dispute with Zambian State. Mumbai-listed diversified miner Vedanta Resources on Friday provided an update in its pursuit of international arbitration, amid a court matter between the miner and State-owned Zambian miner ZCCM, in ...

Delaware court rules in Sibanye's favour in Stillwater case. JSE- and NYSE-listed gold miner Sibanye-Stillwater on Friday said the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, in the US, had ruled in its favour in appraisal action brought by a minority shareholde...