Mining company Pretium Resources (Pretivm) has lifted travel restrictions at the Brucejack mine that were implemented after a Covid-19 outbreak was declared last week. At the mine camp, in British... 

This week: Vision Blue helping world to achieve green dream with high-return prospects for investors; Alluvial diamond miners outline way to save fast-shrinking industry; And, Generator supplier... 

The falling coal prices in the first half of the 2021 financial year has seen ASX-listed Whitehaven Coal swing to a loss in the six months under review. Whitehaven on Wednesday reported a net loss... 

Surface gold recovery company DRDGold flew sky high in the six months to the end of December on financial returns never seen before. “We’ve never seen numbers like this. I mean the cash operating... 

Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore is ready to support the transition to a low-carbon economy, CEO Ivan Glasenberg said on Tuesday when the company reported finishing 2020 with... 

Surface gold recovery company DRDGold has declared an interim cash dividend on soaring six-month earnings. The operating profits of the Johannesburg- and New York-listed company, headed by CEO Niël... 

Diversified major BHP has reported solid interim results for the half-year ended June, with both revenues and underlying attributable profit up on the previous corresponding period. Revenue for... 

A Kenyan gold asset with expansion, exploration and green status upside is scheduled to reverse list on the London Stock Exchange in March. The Kilimapesa gold mine, with a declared Joint Ore... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks the South African Diamond Producers Organisation's ideas to save the industry, Vision Blue’s high-return prospects for investors and how green hydrogen... 

Steelmaker ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) return to profit in the second half of its 2020 financial year on the back of steel-shortage-induced price rises that negatively affected many domestic... 

A Covid-19 outbreak has been declared at the Brucejack mine, in British Columbia, after the number of positive cases at the mine site has risen to 14. Pretium Resources (Pretivm) previously... 

This week: Minerals Council says exploration needed to grow industry; President Cyril Ramaphosa says SA wants to promote greater exploration and beneficiation; and, Murray & Roberts Cementation... 

The combination of South Africa’s world-class wind, solar and land resources, its platinum group metals reserves, as well as its historical experience in industrial-scale synthetic-fuel... 

The outlook for platinum group metals (PGMs) is one of constrained supply and very strong demand growth. “You’ve got the entire PGMs suite that is short and that certainly will translate into tight... 

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) electricity subcommittee decided, on February 5, not to approve Eskom’s application for the emergency procurement of electricity from eight... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks Orion Minerals’ latest acquisition in the Northern Cape, Eskom supporting increasing the licensing exemption threshold for self-generation to 50MW and,... 

Rio Tinto's KwaZulu-Natal mineral sands mining company, Richards Bay Minerals, has got a major project called Zulti South that is fully permitted and fully funded – but is not being developed.... 

The Minerals Council South Africa last year announced plans to undertake a series of surveys to better understand the progression of Covid-19 in local mining operations and it has recently received... 

Advisory firm Wood Mackenzie (Woodmac) has urged the Australian government to look at ambitious long-term renewable energy target (RET) policy to unlock future investments. Woodmac this week noted... 

Botswana has intensified efforts to digitise and make geoscience information readily available to local and international potential investors in an effort to encourage prospecting for non-diamond... 

Having received finer pricing details from Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers over the past month, organised business is currently estimating that it will cost about R12-billion to vaccinate 70% of... 

De Beers adopts strategy to meet carbon-neutral ambition; Third consecutive year of coal export decline from Richards Bay Coal Terminal; And, Transitioning fossil-fuel labour forces into new... 

Various mining-affiliated parties met on January 28 to discuss efforts to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 and to help the mining industry, its employees and mining-affected communities to tackle... 

“We want to promote greater exploration and beneficiation of minerals,” President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday in his opening address to Mining Indaba Virtual 2021, where he praised... 

The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (Appea) has urged the Australian government to embrace measures for long-term business investment that will ensure sustained job... 

“We need exploration to grow our industry,” Minerals Council South Africa president Mxolisi Mgojo said on Monday during a virtual State of the Mining Nation media briefing in which he described... 

The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (Amec) has urged explorers to apply for Round 23 of the co-funded exploration drilling program which opened Monday. “The competitive Exploration... 

As January rolls off the trading calendar, RB1 levels are shifting down towards $85. However, 2021 looks to be a bumper year for SA coal exports. Most Asian countries are ramping up demand as new... 

Fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) mineworkers in Perth would be under lockdown as Premier Mark McGowen announced a five-day lockdown on Sunday. The lockdown was instituted after a hotel-quarantined worker... 

The mining industry remains an important sector for employment, federal Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt said, pointing to a big increase in the number of... 

State-owned power utility Eskom indicated during a court hearing on Friday that it would not seek to recover more than R23-billion in additional revenue through the tariff during its 2021/22... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks the green technology boost for African Mining, exports for the Richards Bay Coal Terminal have declined for the third consecutive year and the Richards...