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Errol Smart jumps ship from Orion to go into the exploration business for himself
Former Orion Minerals CEO Errol Smart is going to set up his own exploration and development operation in South Africa after ...
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Mozal Aluminium delivers for South32 as negotiations continue over a new power supply contract
South32’s Mozal Aluminium smelter in Mozambique pushed production up 12% to 265,000t in the nine months to end-March and has ...
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Copper 360 rejigs debt as benefits from producer status
NORTHERN Cape junior copper producer Copper 360 has restructured R276.6m of short-term debt into long-term debt cutting the ...
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Mali government threatens Barrick with provisional administration of the Loulo-Gounkoto mine
Barrick has confirmed the closure of its office in the Malian capital Bamako by the Malian government as well as threats from ...
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Arbitration remains an option for Gold Fields in the dispute over the Damang mine
International arbitration remains an option for Gold Fields in its dispute with the Ghanaian government over retaining the ...
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End of the road for Bushveld Minerals which will be delisted from AIM
Vanadium producer Bushveld Minerals (Bushveld) is being put into liquidation and will be delisted from the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market where its share price has crashed from around 30p five ...
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SA government opposes PTM’s proposal to export unrefined platinum concentrates to Saudi Arabia
Canadian mining junior Platinum Group Metals (PTM) is looking at the possibility of building a convertor matte furnace in South Africa to smelt platinum concentrates produced from its proposed ...
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Gold Fields forced to vacate the Damang gold mine by the Ghanaian government
The Ghanaian government has refused to extend Gold Fields’ mining lease for the Damang gold mine and is insisting the group cease operations by April 18 when the lease expires. The refusal to extend ...