Vanggatfontein coal deliveries to Eskom interrupted as striking miners dismissed. Production at Wescoal’s Vanggatfontein mine, in Mpumalanga, will be suspended for six to eight weeks after the mining contractor dismissed its 274 employees at the mine following unlawful industrial ac...

Anglo stalwart appointed as Pensana CEO. George has more than a decade of experience in production management at several of diversified miner Anglo American’s operations in Africa, and has previously worked in Angola as chairperson and CEO of...

Anglo steps up defense to repel Agarwal's interest – Telegraph. LONDON – Anglo American has hired three investment banks to fend off a potential takeover bid from the billionaire owner of Vedanta Resources, Anil Agarwal, the Telegraph reported, citing unidentified ...

Global Witness welcomes LME’s new responsible sourcing rules. International nongovernmental organisation (NGO) Global Witness (GW) has welcomed the London Metal Exchange’s (LME’s) new responsible sourcing rules, which were published for public consultation on Tue...

Orion reawakening global geological giant in Northern Cape. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Three years ago, Orion Minerals was trading at an eighth of an Australian cent a share. It had a market capitalisation of $4-milllion and thought it could go and find ...

Gen Mining interested in Sibanye’s Marathon PGM deposit. Minerals exploration company Generation Mining has struck an agreement to potentially earn up to 80% in Sibanye-Stillwater’s Marathon platinum group metals (PGMs) deposit in northern Ontario. Gen Mi...

Mick Davis moves closer to iron-ore mining with Liberian deal. LONDON – Mining dealmaker Mick Davis has won permission to export iron-ore from a planned mine in West Africa, adding momentum to the industry veteran’s comeback. Davis, through his new Niron Metals...

South32 coking coal output down 37%, energy coal hit by community protests. PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Diversified miner South32 has lowered its energy coal and alumina production expectations for the full year, following a tough March quarter. Energy coal production for th...

Five-month gold strike is over. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The five-month strike by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) at Sibanye-Stillwater’s South African gold operations is over. Parties have ac...

Zimbabwe attracts two new investors to develop platinum mining projects. MHONDORO-NGEZI – Zimbabwe will in coming weeks name two new investors who will develop separate platinum mining projects west of the capital as the country ramps up mining output in an attempt to ease ...