Harmony cuts energy consumption, ushering in solar, mulling biofuel. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Gold mining and exploration company Harmony Gold is intensifying its efforts to cut electricity consumption to a minimum while also looking at introducing solar power ...

Harmony’s Steenkamp rising to President Ramaphosa’s ten-point challenge. JOHANESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Harmony Gold CEO Peter Steenkamp is rising to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ten-point mining challenge by striving to pay meaningful social dividends across a broad front...

Acacia maintains strong cost discipline in FY18. Acacia Mining maintained strong cost discipline in the financial year ended December 31, achieving an all-in sustaining cost (AISC) of $905/oz, well below the guidance range of $935/oz to $985/oz, inte...

Obuasi development on track for end-2019 gold pour. AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi redevelopment project has completed its first week of underground development blasting, as the work to pour first gold by the end of the year gathers momentum. The first b...

Xolobeni judgment continues to confound. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Mining must take place with a strong focus on the interests of those who live in mining areas, says Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe, a standpoint that suppor...

Glencore's Zambian unit suspends operations after three workers die in fire. LUSAKA – Glencore's Zambian unit Mopani Copper Mines said on Friday it had suspended operations at its Mindola north shaft after three workers were killed in a fire accident. Mopani is one the bigge...

South32 taps new chairperson. PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Diversified miner South32 has announced the election of Karen Wood as chair elect, to succeed David Crawford, effective from April 12. Crawford is expected to retire as ch...

Lonmin’s Q1 results show improved liquidity despite relatively poor performance. Platinum miner Lonmin on Friday released its unaudited first-quarter production results for the three months ended December 31, 2018, stating that its relatively poor operational performance had been p...

Precious metal refiners face new LBMA environmental standard. CAPE TOWN (mininingweekly.com) – The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) has launched a new standard that addresses environmental as well as sustainability issues in gold and silver markets. To...

Zimbabwe lithium project wins the Mining Indaba’s Investment Battlefield competition. CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – Junior mining company Prospect Resources has won the 2019 Mining Indaba Investment Battlefield for its lithium project located in Zimbabwe. Prospect Resources executiv...