Newmont shareholders of record will receive 55c per share on March 24.

The de-bottlenecking project has an estimated cost of approximately $50 million and is expected to take about 12 months to complete.

Costs were up "mainly due to lower gold production, the drawdown of ore stockpiles at certain operations, higher operating costs and inflationary pressures," the company said.

The possibility of the market losing Rusal's aluminum pushed prices on the LME to $3,333 a tonne last week, close to a record high.

Amplats said the rand price of its platinum group metals basket had increased by 22%, while sales volumes were up 82% for the year.

Glencore Plc’s CSA copper mine in western New South Wales is expected to be worth $718 million.

Just when you thought the industry's public image couldn't get any worse, it did.