GLOBAL gold producer Barrick Gold had completed a feasibility study on the Sedibelo platinum project on the western limb of the Bushveld complex which suggested that a mine costing $700m with a 16-year life would be economically attractive, it said

UGANDA loses over $30m (about sh50b) annually to illegal artisanal miners in Busia district.

HARMONY Gold Mining was considering ways of extending the lives of its high-cost mines around Virginia in Free State, because they contained substantial reserves that could be profitable at current gold prices, CEO Graham Briggs said yesterday.

PERHAPS some readers of this column may think I didn't notice the April 29 report by Anglo American for the first quarter of the year ended March . I noticed it, printed it and also read several media comments on

WORKERS at Skorpion Zinc Mine in the South are set to down tools today.

The Mineworkers Union of Namibia has given Skorpion Zinc Mine notice of an industrial stayaway effective today at midnight.

NINE workers yesterday sustained serious burns following an explosion at Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) Nkana smelter in Kitwe.

AS SOME of the mining companies report, the terrible truth is becoming clear: the electricity outages hit sentiment more than they hit production. Both Lonmin yesterday, and AngloGold-Ashanti the day before, announced production figures higher than expectations. Profits of both

Mozambique's Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources, Abdul Razak, on Friday reiterated the government's commitment to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), and outlined the steps it will take during the rest of this year to set up its EITI