Galaxy Gold founder Peter Skeat steps down

Gold-mining junior Galaxy Gold founder and CEO Peter Skeat is standing down to become a nonexecutive director of the company. The miner on Monday announced that nonexecutive chairperson Ian Watson has been appointed as executive chairperson and...

Pan African raises Phoenix project resource estimate to 469 000 oz

Mining junior Pan African Resources, which harbours midtier ambitions, reports that the reserve at its Phoenix platinum project in the North West has been increased by 15,8% to 469 000 oz of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold or four element...

R1,5bn Buffelsfontein chrome project on scedule

International Ferro Metals’ (IFM’s) Buffelsfontein chromite mining operation near Mooinooi, in the North West, is to open officially at

New R1,5bn ferrochrome smelter to be commissioned on schedule, CEO assures

With some 21% of the new Buffelsfontein ferrochrome mine and smelter complete, there is certainty that the furnaces being switched within the 18-months schedule, Mining Weekly can today report.

Chrome-miner could double production at R1,5bn project

International Ferro Metals’ (IFM’s) Buf-felsfontein ferrochrome smelting and mining operation near Mooinooi, in the North West, is likely to become a substantially larger project, as the London-listed company has acquired a chromite...