The government of the Republic of Niger is putting heavy pressure on Canadian junior miner GoviEx Uranium to speed up ...

Sibanye Stillwater is to close the 4B shaft at its Marikana platinum operations near Brits affecting 1,496 employees and 54 contractors some five years after the group initially proposed closing it ...

The recent and sudden surge in platinum share prices has caught investors by surprise and, according to Noah Capital Markets analyst Rene Hochreiter, has taught them a lesson. That lesson is – “don’t ...

The gradual recovery in the rough diamond market noted by De Beers in January and March has continued with a further rise in diamond sales at De Beers’ third sales cycle. Provisional sales figures ...

Hummingbird Resources has started using other contractors to run mining operations at the Kouroussa gold mine in Guinea as it continues to negotiate with the principal contract miner – Corica Mining ...

Marula Mining – a junior miner and explorer listed on the UK’s Aquis Stock Exchange but which is planning to list on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange – has been granted a mineral dealer’s licence to ...

Petra Diamonds showed some welcome operating stability in the March quarter while the company confirmed its production guidance for the financial year to end-June at between 2.75 million and 2.85 ...

THE deal Impala Platinum (Implats) did to acquire Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) would be viewed as “incredibly stupid” if done today at current prices and expected future cash flows, according to ...

LUCAPA Diamond Co. said it had appointed ex-De Beers head Stuart Brown as its non-executive chairman. He replaces Mikes Kennedy in the role. In addition to De Beers, Brown was previously CEO of ...

SIBANYE-Stillwater aimed to conclude a portion of an estimated $500m to $1bn in potential streaming or metals prepayment deals before it announced its half year results in August, said the group’s CEO ...

ASANTE Gold Corporation plans to join the bidding for Newmont’s Ghana mine Akyem which the US miner deemed non-core following its acquisition of Newcrest last year. “We expect to be part of this ...

SIBANYE-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman raised the prospect of further restructuring of the firm’s South African division which produces gold and platinum group metals (PGMs). “At the operational shaft ...