Concerning illegal mining at Blyvoor Gold prompts open police chief letter. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - The resurfacing of illegal mining at the reviving Blyvoor Gold in the West Rand has prompted the company to put out an open letter for the urgent attention of the Gaut...

Policy has handicapped South Africa's minerals industry - Baissac. South Africa's minerals policy has changed the market in inefficient ways, exacerbated the impact of external factors such as volatile commodities prices and failed to meet its primary objectives, Euno...

Pallinghurst earmarks $1bn for battery, fuel cell materials. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - Diversified investor Pallinghurst has entered the battery materials and energy storage revolution through the creation of a diversified battery raw materials platform....

AfriTin aims to capitalise on global tin deficit. Aim-listed AfriTin Mining achieved several key milestones at its Uis tin mine, in Namibia, during 2018 and is now focused on delivering a pilot plant capable of producing a profitable concentrate at th...

South African platinum mine wage negotiations to start next week. JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's largest platinum-mining labour union said it would meet the nation's top three producers on successive days next week as it starts formal negotiations for a three-year wag...

Illegal miners at Glencore concession in Congo defy eviction. GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo - Illegal miners at a copper and cobalt mine run by Glencore in southeastern Congo defied a deadline on Tuesday to vacate the site, a union official said, raising fea...

Glencore paid $5.7bn in taxes, royalties to governments in 2018. Diversified miner Glencore made $5.7-billion worth of payments to governments in 2018. This include income taxes, royalties and other payments. "Our activities within our operating countries enable g...

Gold sinks most in a year as trade truce deals blow to bulls. SINGAPORE - Gold opened the third quarter with a slump back below $1400/oz after the US and China agreed to a truce in their trade war, dealing a blow for now to havens that were bolstered in recent m...

Moody's forecasts slower base metals performance in short term. Moody's Investors Service has maintained a stable outlook for the global base metals industry despite expecting performance in the sector to weaken over the next 12 to 18 months. The financial service...

Zambian court withdraws order blocking disposal of Vedanta unit assets. LUSAKA - A Zambian court on Friday withdrew an earlier order blocking a provisional liquidator at Vedanta's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) business from disposing of KCM's assets or making arrangements wit...