Letšeng delivered record number of large diamonds for Gem in 2018. Relatively stable carat recovery and sales contributed to a strong performance for LSE-listed Gem Diamonds in the fourth quarter ended December 31. Gem on Thursday reported that it had recovered thr...

De Beers to spend 30 million rand on diamond exploration this year. CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) will spend 30-million rand on greenfield diamond exploration in South Africa this year, DBCM MD Phillip Barton told Mining Weekly Online on...

Junior mining fund under discussion – Minerals Council. CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – A government-initiated fund for prospectors and developers is under discussion with the Public Investment Corporation and the Industrial Development Corporation, Minerals...

Minerals Council’s national platinum strategy targets real potential. CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – The Minerals Council South Africa on Wednesday launched a national platinum strategy, which aims at sustaining a million jobs and contributing 8.2-trillion rand to South Afri...

Ramaphosa challenges mining to take ten value-adding steps. CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday challenged the mining industry to take ten value-adding steps to hoist the industry into a potent new orbit across the entire contine...

SA mining is a sunrise industry – Ramaphosa. President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that the mining industry in South Africa is not a sunset industry, rather it is a sunrise industry. Speaking on the second day on the 25th annual Investing ...

Barrick’s Bristow calls for a mindset change in the gold industry. CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – Mark Bristow, the president and CEO of gold producer Barrick Gold has accused mining companies, investors and host countries of succumbing to the desire for instant grati...

Time to make Africa prosperous – Ghana President. CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) ­– It is time for Africa to make itself and its people prosperous by making use of mineral resources and modern technology to create a new world shorn of greed and stupidit...

Mining green shoots sprouting – Minerals Council. CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – Green shoots are sprouting in South Africa’s mining sector, which is readying for new take off, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter said on Monday. In a bri...

Mining 'walking into a brighter future' – Makwana. CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – Mining was walking into a brighter future and the appetite for mining investment was strengthening, attendees of the Investing in African Mining Indaba heard on Monday. ...