De Beers sells $505m rough diamonds in first sales cycle. Diamond producer De Beers on Tuesday reported that rough diamond sales in this year's first sale cycle had reached $505-million. This is $167-million less than the $672-million earned in the first s...

Gemfields agrees settlement of £5.8m pertaining to claims by Leigh Day. Gemfields announced on Tuesday that it has agreed, on a no-admission-of-liability basis, the settlement of all claims brought by law firm Leigh Day on behalf of individuals living in the vicinity of Mo...

Palladium theft rampant – FT. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Palladium, used in catalytic converters that reduce harmful petrol vehicle emissions, is catalysing a crime wave in the UK, says the Financial Times (FT) of London. ...

Ramaphosa to speak at Mining Indaba. President Cyril Ramaphosa has been confirmed as a speaker for the Investing in African Mining Indaba 2019, which will be held in Cape Town from February 4 to 7. He is set to bring his investment age...

Sulaiman resigns as Wescoal CEO. Waheed Sulaiman has resigned as CEO and director of Wescoal with effect from January 31. Wescoal’s board is in the process of recruiting a new CEO. Dr HLM Mathe, currently an independent nonexecu...

Petra delivers solid H1 output, says diamond market outlook remains stable. LSE-listed Petra Diamonds delivered solid production, along with a “continued improvement” in its safety performance, in the first half of the 2019 financial year. CEO Johan Dippenaar on Monday said...

Pan African’s newly commissioned tailings plant boosts H1 gold output. JSE- and Aim-listed Pan African Resources’ production for the six months ended December 31, 2018, increased by 54.2% year-on-year to 81 014 oz on the back of a robust operational performance at the Bar...

Competition Appeal Court to hold Sibanye, Lonmin merger hearing on April 2. JSE- and NYSE-listed Sibanye-Stillwater on Friday announced that the Competition Appeal Court of South Africa had set April 2 as the date to hear the appeal filed by the Association of Mineworkers and ...

MC Mining mitigates Uitkomst challenges, focuses on developing new projects. Despite having experienced a challenging quarter ended December 31 – the company’s second quarter of the 2019 financial year – ASX-, Aim- and JSE-listed MC Mining remains positive about the prospects f...

Anglo American delivers solid Q4 performance. Diversified miner Anglo American achieved a 7% year-on-year increase in total production on a copper equivalent basis for the fourth quarter of 2018, excluding the effect of the stoppage at its Minas-R...