FAILURE to extract a change of heart from the Zambian government this week over a controversial export duty on emeralds could ...

THE body count continues to rise as the standoff between illegal miners and the South African government at the disused ...

A COURT in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced three Chinese citizens to seven years in prison after they were ...

FIRST Quantum Minerals CEO Tristan Pascall said he would assess “the potential benefits of a minority stake sale in Zambia” ...

HUMMINGBIRD Resources said it had agreed to pay Mali $16.4m and waived VAT claims worth another $16m in return for the renewal of “key” exploration permits on the Yanfolila gold mine. The state, which ...

A flag flies at the Northam Platinum Ltd. Booysendal platinum mine outside the town of Lydenburg in Mpumalanga, South Africa. NORTHAM Platinum reported a 3.7% increase in equivalent refined platinum ...

MARK Cutifani, the former CEO of Anglo American, has teamed up with mining banker Omar Davis, formerly of Bank of America to set up a merchant bank – Odin Partnership – aimed at capitalising on ...

BARRICK Gold warned shareholders on Monday against accepting a ‘mini-tender’ for five million of its shares by TRC Capital Investment Corp. The offer was made at a 4.52% and 4.38% discount to its ...

THARISA reported lower first quarter production owing to poor availability of drilling equipment. Coupled with an easing in the chrome price, the slow start contributed to a quarter-on-quarter decline ...

MALI has begun enforcing a provisional order to seize gold stock at Barrick Gold’s Loulo-Gounkoto site, said Reuters citing a note to staff issued by the Canadian miner. In the note, Barrick warned it ...

AN online petition supporting the reinstatement of suspended Exxaro Resources CEO Nombasa Tsengwa had been signed by more than 100 employees, said Business Times in a report on Sunday. The petition ...