AFRICAN Rainbow Minerals (ARM) announced its investment vehicle Assmang was putting the Beeshoek iron ore mine on care and maintenance resulting in the retrenchment of 622 permanent employees from end ...

HOW gold miners spend money from bonanza cash flows will be a key test as the sector nears the end of a remarkable year.

EUROPEAN Union regulators warned MMG’s proposed acquisition of Anglo American’s Brazilian nickel operations could divert ...

GOLD Fields said on Wednesday it hoped to renew the mining lease of Tarkwa after the group increased the Ghana mine’s gold reserves by 70%. CEO Mike Fraser described the operation in the group’s third ...

AFRICAN Rainbow Minerals is to halt investment in new coal projects, citing increasingly stringent environmental regulations.

THE world’s gold industry was still ripe for consolidation although the historic price highs in the metal would present some ...

A COALITION of investors managing $18 trillion in assets has called for the establishment of an independent International Minerals Agency modelled on the International Energy Agency, said Reuters on ...

DISAGREEMENTS between governments and investors over natural resources have surged to a 10-year peak, with 32 disputes already lodged this year, said Reuters citing data from law firm DLA Piper. The ...

KORE Potash, the mineral fertiliser developer, has received two offers to buy the company, it said in an announcement on ...

GOLD held around $4,000 an ounce after a weak start on Monday, as China ended a long-standing tax rebate for some retailers, said Bloomberg News. The tax change could weigh on demand in one of the ...

ACTIVIST fund Palliser Capital has urged Rio Tinto to mount a counterbid for Teck Resources which recently set out terms for ...

EXXARO Resources announced on Monday the sale of its ferrosilicon assets for R250m which it said was in line with its ...