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Brendan Ryan
Can this lowly priced uranium project make big bucks?
A largely unknown mining junior listed on the London Stock Exchange – Neo Energy Metals, whose current share price is less than 1 pence – is on the point of finalising a deal…
Northam Platinum finally secures “rock star” status
IT has taken some 40 years but Northam Platinum has finally achieved the “rock star” status that the former Gold Fields of South Africa envisaged when it decided to develop the…
South32 profits surge as reshaped portfolio delivers
South32 cracked it in the year to end-June more than doubling operating profit from continuing operations and declaring a 5.4 US cents final dividend which boosted the total…
Master Drilling eyes $1bn pipeline as mining booms
Master Drilling’s share price performance has lagged so far this year dropping from around R18 to current levels around R15 despite what CEO Danie Pretorius describes as a…
Why, this time, ARM thinks Bokoni Platinum will fly
THE new development plan for African Rainbow Minerals’ Bokoni Platinum Mine amounts to a “completely different business proposition,” according to ARM COO, Jacques van der Bijl.…
SA coal exports could rise 10% in 2026, says terminal
THE Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) is running in line with its 2026 coal export volume forecast as of the end of June having exported just over 30 million tons (Mt) compared…
Mining tariff relief awaits new Eskom pricing policy
THE possible extension of electricity tariff discounts to sectors of the South African mining industry other than the ferrochrome producers will have to wait until after…
Petra Diamonds puts Finsch mine into business rescue
THE continuing grim conditions in the global diamond business have claimed another South African victim in the form of Petra Diamond’s Finsch mine in the Northern Cape which is…
DRDGold upbeat on dividend after third quarter cash boost
DRDGOLD increased cash nearly R600m in the third quarter, and remained debt free, while forging on with a major capital expansion programme – all thanks to the gold price. In an…
Soaring metal prices give Sibanye-Stillwater stellar start to 2026
SOARING gold and platinum prices made all the difference to Sibanye-Stillwater in the March quarter boosting group adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and…
China’s KDG completes takeover of JSE’s MC Mining
THE Hong Kong listed Kinetic Development Group (KDG) has completed the takeover of ASX and JSE listed coal producer MC Mining in which it now holds a 51% stake following…
MC Mining advances Makhado but shuts Uitkomst
MC Mining is pushing ahead with development of the Makhado hard coking coal mine in Limpopo and expects to begin hot commissioning activities and the start-up of the Coal Plant…
Endeavour on track to double forecast payouts to shareholders
West African gold producer Endeavour Mining delivered record financial results in the March quarter backing up earlier predictions by CEO Ian Cockerill that the company could…
Southern Palladium doubles expected chrome recoveries from the Bengwenyama mine
Latest metallurgical test work on Southern Palladium’s proposed Bengwenyama platinum group metals (pgm) mine on the Eastern Limb of the Bushveld Ingneous Complex has doubled…
Sylvania Platinum rakes in profits from higher pgm prices in the March quarter
Sylvania Platinum cracked it in the March quarter on both the operational and financial fronts but has warned of a set back to the newly commissioned chrome recovery operations…
South32 and Eskom in talks over Hillside smelter power supply following closure of Mozal
South32 and Eskom have stepped up negotiations to establish a new electricity supply agreement for the Hillside Aluminium smelter in Kwa-Zulu Natal following the closure of the…
ARM makes strategic marketing step towards re-opening Nkomati Nickel
African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has taken an important step towards re-opening the group’s mothballed Nkomati Nickel mine in Mpumalanga through reaching an off-take agreement with…
Still no firm date for the divestment of De Beers by Anglo American
Anglo American expects to agree the sale of its steelmaking coal business within the next three months but still has not provided a specific target date for the disposal of De…
Master Drilling defers dividend as Iran crisis looms large
AFTER his uncharacteristic optimism six months ago when Master Drilling released its interim results, CEO Danie Pretorius has reverted to his usual sceptical self as a result of…
DRDGold moots plan to buy Sasol’s cyanide facility
DRDGOLD CEO Niël Pretorius has highlighted the danger posed to South Africa’s gold producers by shortages of sodium cyanide produced by Sasol which is the country’s only…