A leading Chilean mine union on Friday threatened to halt output at mines owned by BHP Billiton in solidarity with strikers at its Spence deposit, fanning supply disruption fears in the top copper producer.
Such a move by the mining federation,...
A joint venture between De Beers and AngloGold Ashanti expects to start its first underwater drilling for gold in the second quarter of next year, the general manager of De Beers Marine said on Friday.
De Beers Marine provides the technical...
Silver prices would likely reach the $20/oz level in the short term, as surging investment drives prices higher, precious metals consultancy GFMS forecast on Friday.
The silver price had averaged at $14,06/oz for the first ten months of 2009, a...
JSE-and Nasdaq-listed gold miner DRDGold has plunged into a R63,3-million net loss in a September quarter of seismicity, labour and currency hardships.
"There was almost a conspiracy of challenges in the last few months," DRDGold CEO Niel...
Even though most recent production results for Gold Fields Australian mine, St Ives, were below-par, the goal remains to quickly move the mine back to being a 500 000-oz/y producer of gold, said Gold Fields Australasian executive vice president...
The soon-to-be-listed Aurora Empowerment Systems was destined to be a major gold player, Zondwa Mandela, Nelson Mandela's grandson, said on Wednesday as he clinched another significant gold acquisition and revealed, under questioning, that he had...
South Africa's power utility Eskom confirmed on Tuesday that it was pushing ahead with plans to renegotiate commodity-linked electricity tariffs with resources groups, such as BHP Billiton, whose aluminium smelter investments in South Africa and...
South African gold major Gold Fields on Monday reported a seven-fold increase in its uranium resources to 77-million pounds.
Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland said that the sharp increase from last year's 11-million pounds was the result of an...
Investors looking to target the mining industry as a means of capital investment can look forward to some welcome relief in the coming months.
South Africa should reposition itself to take full advantage of the opportunity that will present itself when the diamond industry eventually turns up again, says Diamond Council of South Africa CEO Braen Migogo.
Migogo tells Mining Weekly Online...
South Africa’s Hernic Ferrochrome has completed its enclosure project, making it the first ferrochrome producer in the world to have converted semiclosed furnaces to closed furnaces.
Zimbabwe mining's compelling comparative advantage is its under-utilised mines that investment could very rapidly optimise, Zimvest MD Shaun Lightfoot said on Wednesday.
Lightfoot told Mining Weekly Online, on the sidelines of a British Chamber...
Engagement with disgruntled black economically empowered shareholder Vulisango would continue in order to resolve differences, JSE-listed Simmer & Jack (Simmers) chairperson Nigel Brunette told Mining Weekly Online on Monday.
"They're a big...
