Gold refinery rebrands

South African gold refinery Rand Refinery has relaunched its brand and corporate identity in line with the organisation’s new growth and diversification strategy which is aimed at expanding into new regions, most notably Asia and Western Europe,...

Goldplat profit soars, targets 1Moz resource by year-end

Aim-listed Goldplat on Monday reported strong growth for the six months to the end of December on the back of increased efficiencies at its gold recovery plants in South Africa and Ghana, and producing first gold at its Kilimapesa project, in...

SA gold mining a shadow of its former self

The improvement of the South African gold market will depend on the rate of global economic growth and the level of trust between governments which are two of the major gold price drivers, while South African mining activity in the gold industry...

Goldplat produces first gold bar at Kenya mine

Aim-quoted junior Goldplat has poured the first gold from its Kilimapesa mine in Kenya, following the commissioning of an elution plant, which enables it to smelt and produce bullion on site. The initial smelt produced a 12.4 kg (399 oz) gold...

SA gold industry facing ‘headwinds' – Gold Fields

The headwinds that the South African gold-mining industry is facing are "very significant", says Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland. Holland, who was speaking at a Gold Fields media round-table briefing in Johannesburg, says that the headwinds have...

Company aims to expand its African footprint

Email management company Mimecast reports that it will increase its African footprint, with the mining sector identified as one of the key industry for this growth strategy.

Rand Refinery instals email system ‘that is always available’

Rand Refinery, the largest gold refining and smelting complex in the world, has completed a 260-seat Mimecast unified email management (UEM) implementation as part of its disaster recovery, security and compliance plans.

Company Announcement: Rand Refinery strikes gold with Mimecast

Attached please find a press release on: Rand Refinery, the largest gold refining and smelting complex in the world, has completed a 260 seat Mimecast Unified Email Management (UEM) implementation as part of its disaster recovery, security and...

Daily podcast – March 1, 2010

Avocet Mining exports the first gold shipment from its Inata mine to the Rand Refinery for refining; and Hillgrove Resources aims to complete construction at its flagship Kanmantoo copper/gold project early next year.

Avocet sends first gold from Inata to SA for refining

Aim-listed Avocet Mining has exported the first gold shipment from its Inata mine, in Burkina Faso, to the Rand Refinery, in South Africa, for refining. About 11 000 oz of gold had been sent to the Rand Refinery, with which Avocet’s subsidiary...

South African refinery donates 
10 kg of silver to Ghana varsity

South Africa’s Rand Refinery has donated 10 kg of silver, valued at about $10 000, to a university in Ghana, as part of a drive to promote jewellery beneficiation in Africa.

New gold plant to up cash flow, cut costs – Goldplat

The bullion bar to be produced at a new cyanidation plant on South Africa's East Rand would accelerate cash flow and cut costs, gold recoverer and aspirant primary gold producer Goldplat told Mining Weekly Online on Tuesday. London AIM-quoted...