GOLD’S record-breaking gains have generated joy among its miners — but also worry. Looking beyond the outsized financial gains for investors, the explosion in demand for a “reserve asset” is a clear...

GOLD Fields said today it planned to return $500m to shareholders over the next two years either in special dividends or by buying back its shares. Commenting ahead of a closed presentation to...

ANGLOGOLD Ashanti said on Tuesday it planned to spend $100m expanding production from its Tanzanian mine Geita a fifth to 600,000 ounces a year. The New York-listed miner also said it would invest...

NEARLY a year after receiving US approval to list Aurous Resources – the holding company for Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mine (Blyvoor Gold) – the proposed $50m deal appears wrapped up in red tape. In...

HOW gold miners spend money from bonanza cash flows will be a key test as the sector nears the end of a remarkable year. Using cash in the up-cycle can be more challenging than when times are tough...

THE 87% improvement in the platinum price this year was a sustainable improvement as it was supported by a supply deficit in the metal, said Craig Miller, CEO of Valterra Platinum. In an interview...

A GENERATION of minerals exploration had been lost in South Africa owing to unsupportive policies, said Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad. Speaking at the Joburg Indaba on Wednesday, Wanblad said...

THE VanEck Gold Miners Equity ETF has outstripped the spot price of gold this year — yet analysts think shares can still do better. Valuations do not appear “overly lofty”, especially when factoring...

MARK Bristow has stepped down as CEO Barrick Mining Corp. with immediate effect, the Toronto-listed company announced on Monday. He will replaced by Mark Hill, head of Barrick’s Latam and Asia...

ORION Minerals finally has liftoff on its Prieska Copper Zinc Mine after unveiling today a major financing and offtake deal with Glencore of up to $250m. The Sydney- and Johannesburg-listed copper...

GOLD was expected to remain at “extremely attractive” levels during Pan African Resources’ 2026 financial year, said the firm’s CEO Cobus Loots who added that investment in gold mining shares was...

ANGLO American and Teck Corporation today confirmed they had reached agreement on a “merger of equals” of the two miners. To be named Anglo Teck with a valuation of $50bn, the company will be...

ANGLO American confirmed on Thursday morning it had concluded the sale of its entire remaining 19.9% stake in Valterra Platinum, formerly Anglo American Platinum prior to its demerger in May. The...

AFTER a Northern hemisphere summer reverie, gold is expected to resume its bull run with the metal’s price forecast to test $3,700 per ounce. “We expect gold’s rally to continue as its investor base...

THOUSANDS of jobs will be affected in terms of a restructuring announced by the Glencore-Merafe Joint Venture, South Africa’s largest ferrochrome producer. Merafe Resources said in a statement to the...

THE Minerals Council wants to “thrash out” with Government the issues it is not happy with in the proposed amendments to the Minerals Petroleum and Resources Development Bill but the process is going...

THE stage has been set for a legal battle between US coal major Peabody and Anglo American after Peabody terminated its purchase agreement to buy Anglo’s steel-making coal assets in Australia....

GEMFIELDS is to sell iconic jewellery brand Fabergé for $50m in a development that helps bolster the miner’s under-pressure balance sheet. The buyer is US-based private investment company SMG...

GLENCORE might lodge its interest in Anglo American’s Australian metallurgical coal mines should their sale to Peabody Energy not be consummated. Last week Peabody CEO Jim Grech raised doubts over...

SIBANYE-Stillwater has filed an antidumping claim on Russian imports of unwrought palladium which it says are harming the viability of Stillwater, the group’s US mine which produces the metal as well...