The hawks surrender

Additional cuts are to come across mines and towns in South Africa, once the world’s biggest producer of gold.

The Minerals Council South Africa said it does not support some elements in the latest draft of an industry charter.

Gwede Mantashe said that 20 out of 45 mining deaths reported since the start of 2018 have taken place at Sibanye-Stillwater’s mining sites.

A week choc-a-bloc with billion dollar copper, iron ore and cobalt deals ends with huge drop in prices and sell-off in stocks of mining's biggest names.

The charter produced in 2017, drafted by previous Minerals Minister Mosebenzi Zwane, threatened as many as 100,000 jobs.

It gives the company access to 23,903 hectares of land in the country Great Dyke, which has a potential for 96 million ounces of platinum and palladium.

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame invented a new class of molecules whose shape and size enable them to capture and contain precious metal ions.

Are the dark days for platinum set to last?

The miner's Zimbabwean subsidiary, Zimplats, has released 23,903 hectares of its mining claims to the government.