Junior diamond miner Diamcor Mining recently completed the tender and sale of 2 427 ct, generating gross revenues of $271 263, representing an average price of $111.87/ct. The TSX-V-listed miner says it is also continuing efforts to implement short-ter…
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Dual-listed DRDGold has appointed Timothy Cumming and Charmel Flemming as nonexecutive director and independent nonexecutive director, respectively, with effect from August 1. Cummings holds an honours degree in civil engineering from the University of…
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Amid national energy constraints and a mining sector that is set to contract, there is an opportunity for South Africa’s mining sector to continue exploring cost-saving measures with improved energy efficiency, says South African National Energy Develo…
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West Africa-focused gold producer Cora Gold has discovered a new 1.5 km gold zone at its flagship Sanankoro gold project, in Mali. This follows the completion of a 1 264 m shallow reconnaissance aircore drilling programme.
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Platinum group metals company Platinum Group Metals (PTM) believes platinum-group metals (PGMs) will start to play a greater role in the development of more efficient lithium-ion batteries. PTM recently partnered with Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) …
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The Minerals Council South Africa has recommitted to supporting the mining industry’s shared imperative of zero harm, under the council’s Khumbul’ekhaya strategy. During a virtual launch of the third iteration of the national day of health and safety, …
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The global diamond industry has been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, which has wreaked havoc on the health, social fabric and economies of the world, laments World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) acting president Yoram Dvash. Wi…
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Aim-listed BlueRock Diamonds, which owns and operates the Kareevlei diamond mine in Kimberley, South Africa, has conditionally raised gross proceeds of about £1.2-million in an oversubscribed placing and subscription of more than 3.5-million new ordina…
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TSX- and NYSE-listed Platinum Group Metals’ (PTM’s) key business objective in the months ahead is to advance the palladium-dominant Waterberg project, in South Africa’s Limpopo province, to a development and construction decision following the positive…
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Analytics firm S&P Global Market Intelligence says 275 mining operations across the world have been disrupted as a result of Covid-19 to date. These operations span across 36 countries, with only 36 mines having reopened to some degree so far. Four…
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