East African mining firm Shanta Gold has completed the 100% acquisition of Barrick Gold’s subsidiary Acacia Exploration Kenya (AEKL). The shares were acquired from three of Barrick’s subsidiaries. In February,…
The world’s number one platinum-group metals (PGM) supplier has performed strongly as high metal prices offset Covid disruptions at its South African mines and US recycling plant. Allan Seccombe reports…
South Africa’s mining output fell 28.2% year-on-year in June, StatSA said Thursday, edging up only slightly as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hamper economic activity. In May, production was down…
The global consensus, on display at last month’s World Copper Conference, is that copper will play a vital part in the coming ‘fourth industrial revolution’. Other mining jurisdictions are preparing…
Mining production for June contracted by a steep 28.2%, far worse than market expectations of a 15% drop. Mining production data for June released by Stats SA showed a decline…
Anglo American office building in the Johannesburg CBD. Photo: Supplied As a leading global mining company, with a significant presence in South Africa, we are committed to attracting the best…
The Mogalakwena mine. South Africa’s gold industry has been dying slowly for years. As the coronavirus undercuts the already fragile case for investment, its platinum mines may be next. Beset…
Criminal entrepreneurs are tapping into Uganda’s vast reserves of sand, exploiting a sector which is largely unregulated by government. Posing as sand mining investors, they have formed local cartel networks…
Acid mine drainage from coal mines in Ohio. (Reference image by Jack Pearce, Wikimedia Commons). Researchers at Penn State University developed a two-stage treatment process for acid mine drainage that…
The Olympiada mine in eastern Siberia is one of the world’s largest. (Image courtesy of Polyus Gold). Despite some disruptions caused by the covid-19 pandemic, Russia is expected to surpass China…