Mining, biodiversity planning, Zim platinum miners coalesce, Congolese to manage Kibali

South Africa is to launch a new national mining and biodiversity guideline; Zimbabwe’s three beleaguered platinum miners have formed an association; already, more than half of the new Kibali gold project's management team are Congolese.

Mali military group offers assurances to miners

Randgold Resources and other mining companies in Mali met with representatives of a renegade military group this week, where assurances were given that the situation in the West African country “was under control” and that State was still...

Gold miners monitoring Mali coup, Randgold shares tumble

As news spread of a military coup in Mali, mining companies in Africa’s third-largest gold-producing country said on Thursday that they were keeping a close eye on developments. Shares in Randgold Resources, which owns three mines in Mali,...

Yalea underground gold mine, Mali

The Yalea decline has advanced a total of 2 393 m from surface at a vertical depth of 371 m.

Randgold profit soars, higher production forecast

London- and Nasdaq-listed Randgold Resources on Monday posted a profit increase of 259% for the year ended December 2011, as output climbed at its African mines. The company, which attributed the significant growth to increased production,...

Randgold cuts 2011 output guidance after Tongon setbacks

Gold miner Randgold Resources on Monday lowered its production forecast for this year to between 690 000 oz and 700 000 oz, after a series of setbacks at its Tongon mine in Côte d’Ivoire. The LSE- and Nasdaq-listed miner previously expected to...

Yalea underground gold mine, Mali

The development rate of the Yalea underground mine has continued to improve.

Tipper trucks start journey to new Randgold mine

Eleven specially modified trucks that will be used to transport ore from Randgold Resources’ new Gounkoto operation in Mali to the nearby Loulo plant, have arrived in Senegal and are on route to the mine, the company reported on Thursday....

Côte d’Ivoire stars in Randgold’s scintillating March quarter

Gold-mining company Randgold Resources, which was founded humbly in Johannesburg a decade and a half ago, continues to display amazing insight into the politics of Africa.

Randgold hits profit, political jackpot as Côte d'Ivoire stabilises

Africa-focused London-listed gold miner Randgold Resources has hit the jackpot with surging March-quarter profit and uncanny political success in the now stabilised Côte d'Ivoire. Despite the political crisis in Côte d’Ivoire and the...

Gounkoto gold project, Mali

The Gounkoto project has been found favourable in terms of its quality, grade, simple metallurgy and lack of fatal flaws in environmental studies.

Randgold Resources production outlook improves

The start of production at the new Tongon gold mine in the Côte d'Ivoire is expected to spur a rise in the December quarter gold production of Randgold Resources, which suffered September-quarter grade deterioration at its Loulo mine in Mali....