Amplats targeting largest fuel cell truck, mulling renewable energy. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - Platinum group metals (PGM) mining and marketing company Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), which recorded a spectacular 120% increase in half-year headline earnings p...

Khoemacau's project funding package increases to $650m. Khoemacau Copper Mines, owner of the Khoemacau copper/silver project in Botswana, has added an $85-million equity component to its project funding package, bringing total available funding to $650-mill...

Acacia agrees to buyout from parent Barrick. Gold miners Acacia Mining and Barrick Gold have ended their two-month standoff, announcing on Friday that they have agreed on a takeover offer of 232p a share, valuing the London-listed company at abou...

Commission recommends Tribunal prohibit ATON's takeover of M&R. The Competition Commission has recommended to the Competition Tribunal that the proposed acquisition of Murray & Roberts (M&R) by ATON be prohibited. ATON, through Redpath South Africa, provides a ran...

Barrick records solid second-quarter performance. Dual-listed Barrick Gold on Thursday reported a solid operating performance across its portfolio during the second quarter ended June 30, with production of 1.35-million ounces of gold and 97-million p...

Platinum-linked fuel cell business accelerating at rapid rate, say experts. CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) - South Africa is continuing to gather top-tier insight into fuel cell technology as it navigates the electric vehicle market's growing links to this country's globally unp...

De Beers lowers full-year output expectations on weaker demand. Diamond miner De Beers has revised its full-year production guidance downward to about 31-million carats, leaning towards the lower end of the previous range of between 31-million and 33-million carats...

Minerals dept issues Section 11 approval for BRPM stake transfer. The Department of Mineral Resources has granted a Section 11 approval for the transfer of Rustenburg Platinum Mine's (RPM's) 33% undivided interest in the mining rights attributable to the Bafokeng Ras...

Acacia seeks stay of intl arbitration; ordered to halt use of North Mara TSF. LSE-listed Acacia Mining's Tanzanian operating subsidiaries, Bulyanhulu Gold Mine and Pangea Minerals, plan to seek a stay of their international arbitration with the government of Tanzania. If the Ta...

Fuel cell developments poised to transform PGM, manufacturing sectors. CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) - Global developments in the fuel cell sector, which have begun to move at a far faster pace that expected after decades of build-up, are poised to transform South Africa's...