Zambia says mines have failed to show impact of higher taxes

The gold mining industry has been digging its own grave by telling just half of the real cost story, Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) CEO Nick Holland told the audience Thursday at this year’s Denver Gold Forum in Colorado.

Mametlwe Sebei, one of the main leaders of South Africa's striking platinum miners, urged workers to go on a national strike that he said would "bring mining companies to their knees.”

South African miner Harmony Gold has suspended all drilling and blasting activities at its Joel mine, following a fatal underground explosion on Wednesday afternoon.

Hundreds of striking miners forced Anglo American Platinum, the world's largest producer, to halt operations at its four mines on Wednesday, as labour unrest spread in South Africa's biggest industry.

AngloGold Ashanti’s CEO, Mark Cutifani, said gold projects in Colombia are one of the company’s key current priorities and that it has used its first-mover advantage in the country to build a strong position in what he called “the world’s most prospective new gold district.”

London-listed Botswana Diamonds (LON:BOD) said Wednesday it recovered two new diamonds from the on-going sampling programme on the Libongo palaeoplacer project in Cameroon.

Mining junior Ivanplats has applied for listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange in what is set to be one of the largest IPO's in Canada this year.

The body of a man slashed to death was found Tuesday at Lonmin’s (LON:JSE) Marikana platinum mine in South Africa's North West province, where a protracted wildcat strike has cost the life to 44 people.

Labour unrest spread in South Africa on Monday when 15,000 workers stopped operations at a Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) mine while few workers reported for duty in the fourth week of a stoppage at Lonmin (LON:JSE) , the world’s third largest platinum mine.