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Centamin shareholders get bumper divvy, despite 2017 profit fall

Egypt-focused gold miner is paying a final dividend of 10 US cents per share, or a total of $144 million, as it vowed to return all of its excess cash to investors.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 31, 2018 | 5:56 am

These are top-10 global mining trends expected for 2018

Consulting firm Deloitte has published what it says will be the top-10 global trends in the mining industry this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 31, 2018 | 3:00 am

Africa’s newest gold miner starts output and sees potential IPO

Toro Gold became Africa’s newest gold producer last week after delivering first batch of bullion; firm is now weighing possibility of selling shares in 2018.

Bloomberg News | January 29, 2018 | 11:54 am

Loulo-Gounkoto set for record production

The gold mining complex is on track to improve on its record performance, with last year’s production expected to reach a new peak.

Randgold Resources | January 29, 2018 | 11:40 am

Anglo American exits South African coal with sale of New Largo mine

Last year, the miner sold other coal assets that exclusively supplied South Africa’s power utility Eskom, including New Vaal, New Denmark and Kriel collieries.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 29, 2018 | 9:33 am

Petra Diamonds shares crash on profit and output forecast cuts

The stock fell by 21%, the steepest intraday decline since September, after the miner lowered production forecasts and confirmed that a stronger South African currency would knock annual profits.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 29, 2018 | 5:52 am

The ‘quite unusual’ platinum to palladium ratio

Focus on platinum-palladium prices and ratios over the past 48 years.

Mickey Fulp - Mercenary Geologist | January 28, 2018 | 7:11 am

Robert Friedland tells Frank Holmes why copper is ready to run

Robert’s “reality distortion” was on full display during his visit.

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | January 28, 2018 | 3:20 am

World’s only gold cast of Mandela’s hand could fetch up to $13 million

A South African businessman now living in Canada wants to sell a unique collection of solid gold items intimately associated to Nelson Mandela, which he bought for about $360,000 in 2003.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 27, 2018 | 6:00 am

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