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This week: Simmers will close two Buffelsfontein gold-mine shafts; the mining declaration is seen as a ‘very important step in right direction'; and Rio Tinto is ‘under-invested' in Africa.

Simmers to close two Buffelsfontein gold-mine shafts

JSE-listed gold-and-uranium miner Simmer & Jack Mines (Simmers) has initiated the closure of two more shafts at its Buffelsfontein (Buffels) gold mine in North West province, Simmers CEO Nico Schoeman told Mining Weekly Online on Tuesday. Labour...

First Uranium ‘over the moon' about help from once-restive BEE

TSX- and JSE-listed gold-and-uranium miner First Uranium is "over the moon" about the contribution being made by its formerly restive black economic empowerment (BEE) partner. First Uranium CEO Deon van der Mescht tells Mining Weekly Online that...

Simmers pulls out of Pamodzi Gold’s Orkney bid, focuses on Weltevreden

JSE-listed gold-and-uranium miner Simmer & Jack Mines (Simmers) on Monday announced that it had withdrawn from the reopened bidding process for the acquisition of the assets of the provisionally liquidated Pamodzi Gold’s Orkney mine. Simmers MD...