South African gold industry enters final phase of slow death. JOHANNESBURG – Back in 1987, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa – then a 34-year-old labor union leader – led 300 000 black miners in a strike that symbolized resistance to the apartheid regime. N...

Bushveld apologises for Aim rules breaches, pays £490 000 fine. The London Stock Exchange has determined a public censure of Aim-listed Bushveld Minerals and fined the company £700 000 relating to Aim rule breaches that occurred in April 2016. Bushveld settled t...

Mantashe discusses mining’s lower GDP contribution with industry stakeholders. Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe says the department and industry stakeholders are paying greater attention to detail, given that the contribution of the mining sector to gross domestic produc...

Transnet praised for rapidly restoring stricken Saldanha iron-ore line. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – State rail transport enterprise Transnet has earned praise by pulling out all the stops to rapidly restore a railway bridge on South Africa’s crucial Sishen-Saldanha i...

Congo begins audit of Glencore unit after cobalt exports halted. KINSHASA – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC's) government began an

audit into how radioactive cobalt produced by a Glencore unit left the country

before an alarm was raised.. The probe places ...

Glencore says cobalt contract 'nonperformance' hits outlook for marketing

earnings. LONDON – Mining and trading giant Glencore said on Monday some customers had

reneged on contracts for cobalt, a key metal for electric car batteries,

contributing to a cut in earnings guidance for its ...

Glencore's billionaire copper chief retires under legal pressure. LONDON – Glencore on Monday announced the retirement of-billionaire

Aristotelis Mistakidis, its embattled head of copper trading and one of the

company’s biggest shareholders.. Mistakidis’s departure...

Mantashe calls on Sibanye to resolve ongoing workers' strike. JOHANNESBURG – South African Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe on

Friday urged Sibanye-Stillwater to urgently resolve the workers' strike

currently underway at three of the company's gold op...

Diversifying Boring Capabilities. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Having grown from strength to strength since

its JSE listing in 2012, local innovative drilling solutions provider Master

Drilling plans to focus its capital expenditu...

Kropz bullish about future as it lists on Aim. Emerging plant nutrient producer Kropz, which on Friday listed on the Aim, has

raised gross proceeds of about £27.3-million, or about $35-million, before

expenses with new UK, South African and interna...