Ongoing interventions improve Sibanye-Stillwater safety. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The safety performance of precious-metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater improved markedly in the three months ended September 30 owing to ongoing safety interventi...

Amplats takes all of Mototolo. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Platinum group metals (PGMs) mining company Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) said on Thursday that it had completed acquisition of the Mototolo joint venture (JV), wh...

Growth stock tag possible from Far West surface project –­ DRDGold. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – When it comes to the gold sector, recovering the precious metal from dumps on surface beats pursuing it in deep, dark and dangerous underground mines.

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Implats in talks with potential 1 Shaft buyers, as restructuring proceeds. Platinum miner Impala Platinum (Implats) achieved the highest first-quarter mill tonnage at its Impala Rustenburg operations since the 2013 financial year, during the quarter ended September 30.

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Zimplats profit rises on higher 4E output. Impala Platinum (Implats) subsidiary Zimplats has reported a 4% increase in platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold (4E) tonnes mined to 1.6-million tonnes and a 6% increase in tonnes milled to 1.67-mill...

AngloGold Ashanti awards $375m Obuasi contract. PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Gold miner AngloGold Ashanti has awarded a joint venture (JV) between ASX-listed Ausdrill and Barminco Holdings a $375-million mining services contract at the Obuasi project,...

Rio Tinto says $1.3bn Simandou sale lapses. PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Diversified miner Rio Tinto on Monday reported that the 2016 non-binding heads of agreement with Chinalco over the sale of its interest in the Simandou iron-ore project, ...

MC Mining secures first Makhado coking coal offtake agreement. Coal exploration, development and mining company MC Mining has signed the first coal offtake agreement for hard coking coal (HCC) to be produced at its Makhado hard coking and thermal coal project, in ...

South32 foresees short-term volatility, but long-term growth, sustainability. Diversified mining and metals company South32 on Thursday forecast short-term price volatility for the commodities it produces, but also highlighted its strong cash position and its work to further opt...

Strong interest received for South32’s South African energy coal assets. PERTH (mininwgeekly.com) – Diversified miner South32 has received nearly 40 expressions of interest for its energy coal assets in South Africa.

Speaking on the sidelines of the company’s annual gene...