New Congo government should aid release of Kibali’s $500m, Barrick CEO says

Few gold mines can operate profitably below 1 gram a ton which is equivalent to extracting two teaspoons of gold from a Statue of Liberty’s worth of ore.

Belgian zinc producer Nyrstar issued a profit warning last week, citing "adverse market conditions".

Randgold's founder Mark Bristow has been a thorn in the side of Barrick Gold Corp. Now he’s its closest partner.

The new Barrick, which will be listed in New York and Toronto, will own five of the world's 10 lowest cost gold mines and will be the world's top bullion producer by both value and output.

South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) signed a three-year wage deal with AngloGold Ashanti, inking the same agreement that other unions reached with the company earlier in the week.

The mining charter was introduced to redress the exclusion of black people in the mining sector under apartheid.

President George Weah signed the Land Rights Act into law on Wednesday after four years of debate in the legislature.

Botswana's economy is expected to expand by 4.5 percent this year.

Sibanye and Lonmin said in a joint statement they remained fully committed to the deal, which is expected to close by the end of the year.