Mantashe calls for mining investment amid renewed regulatory certainty. CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has assured investors it is safe and stable to invest in the South African mining industry, with the return of regulatory certai...

Katanga advances cobalt debottlenecking project. Katanga Mining, which is a subsidiary of diversified major Glencore, says its cobalt debottlenecking project is progressing on schedule. In an update to shareholders published on Friday, the Democra...

Exxaro upbeat about its coal operations. CAPE TOWN – Empowered coal mining giant Exxaro Resources is confident about its prospects in the coal sector, despite tough conditions and rising cost pressures in South Africa. Exxaro executive hea...

Glencore’s FY18 copper, cobalt output up on restart of Katanga processing operations. Diversified miner Glencore on Friday reported an 11% year-on-year increase in its copper production and a 54% year-on-year increase in its cobalt output, mainly as a result of the restart of Democratic...

Invest in clean technology to counter the siege on the coal industry, Mantashe implores. CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – The coal industry needs to counter the negative attitude towards the industry by investing in clean coal technology and funding research initiatives to find alternative m...

Ivanhoe reports ‘unprecedented’ copper intersection in the DRC. The Kamoa North prospect area has delivered an “unprecedented” 22.3-m intersection of 13.05% copper in a thick, flat-lying deposit, sending Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines share price up 10% on the TSX on Wedne...

PGM-using patents abound – CPM. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Patents that use platinum group metals (PGMs) need to be commercialised so that PGMs are less dependent on the automotive market, says CPM Group MD and founder Jeffrey...

Gold gets a safe-haven boost – Refinitiv’s GFMS report. Gold has benefitting in the fourth quarter of 2018 from investors seeking safe-havens, the latest GFMS Gold Survey, which Refinitiv released on Wednesday, states. Renewed interest from professional ...

Iron-ore rockets as Vale supply disruption convulses market. SINGAPORE – The global iron-ore market was pitched into turmoil after Brazil’s Vale SA, the world’s largest producer, outlined plans to cut output after a deadly dam breach, buoying shares of rivals as...

MCSA’s Langenhoven warns of tipping point for mining if electricity tariffs increase by 15% a year. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – State-owned utility Eskom’s proposed tariff increases would cost some 150 000 direct mining jobs, all but eliminate the gold sector and, as a consequence, reduce Eskom...