In the past year, New South Wales' heritage protection body has approved all of the development applications received.

Mining firms say red tape has prevented them from generating their own power for years and have lobbied the government for rule changes.

The company’s two Ontario underground mines both posted strong performance in the quarter.

A section of the plant collapsed on Feb. 20 killing three workers during renovation works.

Company said copper output, which dipped to 306,000 tonnes in 2020 from 311,000 tonnes in 2019, was expected to slip further in 2021 to between 275,000 and 295,000 tonnes.

The precious metals miner declared an interim dividend of 10 rand ($0.69) per share, compared with 1.25 rand in the year-ago period.

Nano Innovator Holdings (NIH) has unveiled a prototype platform for end-to-end identification of rough and polished diamonds that uses nanotechnology.