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Canada’s Kirkland Lake soars after Gold Fields confirms $1.4bn rejected offer

Offer came on the heels of Kirkland Lake's move to buy fellow bullion miner Newmarket Gold (TSX:NMI) in an all-stock deal worth about Cdn$1 billion ($764 million).

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 14, 2016 | 6:58 am

AngloGold loses 74,000oz during third quarter

Safety related stoppages in South Africa take part of the blame for year-on-year fall in production at world's third largest gold miner.

Frik Els | November 14, 2016 | 5:48 am

Lonmin ups stake in Pandora platinum mine

Consolidation in South African's platinum mining sector continued on Friday with Lonmin's decision to buy Amplats' stake in the Pandora platinum mine.

Andrew Topf | November 13, 2016 | 3:53 pm

Harmony logs record quarterly revenue, halves debt

The world's fifth largest gold miner increased production, had stronger cash flows and paid shareholders a dividend in the first quarter of its 2017 financial year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 10, 2016 | 6:38 am

Positive legislative developments afoot for South Africa’s oil and gas industry

Amendments aim at streamlining inter-departmental processes and addressing the discretionary nature of certain ministerial powers.

David Forfar | November 10, 2016 | 3:38 am

Rio Tinto energy and minerals chief suspended over Simandou bribery claims

Alan Davies suspended after miner found payments made to consultant in 2011, when he was in charge of the iron ore project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 9, 2016 | 2:37 am

Platinum price back above $1,000 on South Africa wage deal

Comprehensive wage agreement brings stability to South Africa platinum industry, responsible for more than 70% of world output.

Frik Els | November 7, 2016 | 11:00 pm

Weak commodities put infrastructure growth in emerging markets at risk — BMI

Countries heavily reliant on their extractive sectors need to step up efforts to lure investors or they will see their infrastructure sectors stalled, warn analysts.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 7, 2016 | 6:15 am

Lucapa soars on record sales from Angola mine

The stock jumped after it announced it had fetched $8.3 million for 1,864 carats of rough diamonds from its Lulo project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 7, 2016 | 2:26 am

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