Gazetting of platinum group metals zone expected by May – Implats. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The gazetting of the area dedicated to platinum-using fuel cell development in the Springs area is expected to be complete by May this year, Impala Platinum (Implats) ...

Gamsberg ‘a breath of fresh air’ in embattled South African mining industry – Ramaphosa. AGGENEYS, NORTHERN CAPE (miningweekly.com) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday presided over the official inauguration of Vedanta Zinc International’s (VZI’s) Gamsberg mine, near Aggeneys, in the N...

Implats pumps cash, slashes debt in laudable turnaround. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – A higher platinum group metals (PGMs) rand basket price boosted by increases in palladium, rhodium and nickel resulted in an laudable operational and financial turnaro...

Merger with Newmont will unlock $7bn-plus – Barrick. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Shareholders will lose more than $750-million a year for every year that the merger with Newmont is delayed, Barrick said on Thursday. Barrick calculates that there...

Miners commit to create global standard for tailings dams. Following the recent deadly tailings dam disaster in Brazil, global mining companies have committed to develop an international standard for tailings facilities. The International Council on Mining ...

World's biggest platinum miners ask court to block strike. JOHANNESBURG – South African platinum producers, the world’s biggest miners of the metal, have asked a court to block a planned strike by one of the country’s largest mining unions that the companies s...

Tragedy triggers freight rate drop as more ships become available – Assore. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Freight rates have dropped quite substantially since the iron-ore tailings dam tragedy in Brazil with more vessels becoming available, Assore CEO Charles Walters repor...

Assore earnings up, dividend maintained. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Mining and marketing company Assore on Tuesday reported 20% higher headline earnings to 2.92-billion rand in the six months to December 31, buoyed by an improved price bas...

Paladin approves restart PFS in Namibia. PERTH (miningweekly.com) – The board of ASX-listed Paladin Energy has approved a prefeasibility study (PFS) probing the restart of its Langer Heinrich mine, in Namibia, after a concept study identified...

Khoemacau secures $565m funding package for Botswana project’s development. Khoemacau Copper Mining has made progress towards starting the construction of its Khoemacau copper/silver project, in Botswana, and expects first copper concentrate to be produced in the first half of...