CHROME and platinum miner Tharisa said on Thursday it had concluded a five-year contract with Cementation Mining for the underground mining of its Tharisa mine in South Africa’s North West province.

SINCE the decline of gold production in the 1990s, platinum has become South Africa’s most valuable strategic metal, and ...

MARKET volatility caused by the US-Iran war hindered Gold Fields from buying back shares in terms of a $100m capital return programme unveiled in February, the company said on Thursday. But the ...

THE largest contractor at Barrick Mining’s Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex in Mali is winding down its operations and dismissing ...

ANGLOGOLD Ashanti on Friday unveiled plans for a $2bn share buy-back following another quarter of record free cash flow.

AN EXPLOSION at Glencore’s Kazzinc zinc smelter in Kazakhstan has killed two workers and injured five others, and has cast doubt over the Swiss miner’s efforts to divest its 70% stake in the company, ...

SIBANYE-Stillwater has secured $500m (R8.2bn) in a senior notes offering that was more than five times oversubscribed, said ...

A PAY dispute has halted mining operations at the Baowu-led blocks of Guinea’s giant Simandou iron ore project since last week, said Reuters on Wednesday. An estimated 3,000 workers at the mine have ...

A 'Fine Gold" mark on a 500 gram gold bar. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images GOLD and silver recorded their sharpest gains in about a month on Wednesday as optimism grew that ...

THE head of Macquarie Group’s commodities and trading arm was paid more than the company’s CEO last year after profits at his ...

THE US and South Africa have begun preliminary discussions on potential resource deals spanning mining, investment and ...

A US government plan to build one of the largest strategic mineral reserves in history risks distorting global commodity markets, said Bloomberg News in an analysis of President Donald Trump’s $12bn ...