London-listed diamond miner Petra Diamonds has reported a 7% year-on-year reduction in production, from 3.87-million carats in the 2019 financial year, to 3.59-million carats in the financial year ended June 30, 2020.
Production was severely disrupted…
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JSE-listed gold miner Gold Fields welcomes the accelerated economic recovery strategy published by Business for South Africa (B4SA) in mid-July, which is aimed at achieving higher levels of economic growth post Covid-19.
A number of key priority areas…
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Barplats Mines, a subsidiary of TSX- and JSE-listed platinum group metals miner Eastern Platinum (Eastplats), has entered into a project framework agreement with Advanced Beneficiation Technologies of South Africa (ABT) to complete an independent feasi…
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African mining royalty generator Altus Strategies reports positive results from a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its 100%-owned Diba gold project, in western Mali.
The PEA is based on an openpit oxide gold mine with a life of 3.25 years, an…
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In line with the Minerals Council South Africa’s yearly day of health and safety on July 17, the council on July 21 published its Health and Safety in Mining Position Paper, which examines health and safety in South Africa’s mining industry.
According…
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In response to a letter from the Equitable Access Campaign (EAC), published by Mining Weekly on June 26 – which highlighted the plight of small-scale marine diamond miners operating off the coast of Alexander Bay – Sable Metals & Minerals CEO James…
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East Africa-focused gold producer Shanta Gold’s New Luika gold mine produced 22 216 oz in the second quarter of the year, ended June 30, compared with the 20 167 oz produced in the first quarter of the year.
Based on an average realised gold price of …
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The successful integration of a number of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been driven by cooperation with large-scale miners (LSMs), refiners, traders and the embedding of traceability mea…
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Diversified miner Anglo American has acted with resilience in the face of the global Covid-19 pandemic, which has affected many of its operations in different countries, with some commodities being affected more significantly than others, CEO Mark Cuti…
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s (DMRE’S) budget for the 2020/21 financial year has been reduced by R1.5-billion, from the initial R9.3-billion, owing to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, taking the revised yearly budget for the fina…
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