Endeavour Mining, SEMAFO merger proposal vote set down for May 28
A SHAREHOLDER vote regarding the proposed merger between Endeavour Mining and SEMAFO is to take place on May 28 after the two companies filed a joint...
Mining
Equatorial Guinea Takes Bold Steps to Boost Exploration and Production Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
Equatorial Guinea has signed a new Ministerial Order extending all exploration blocks across its sedimentary basin for two years, taking a strong initiative to support...
Amplats ramps up stricken smelter, force majeure to be lifted
The repair of the stricken Anglo Converter Plant (ACP) Phase B unit has been safely and successfully completed ahead of schedule, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats)...
Gold bars fight Covid-19 kits for space on the plane
Swiss refiner Valcambi tried for five straight days last month to move a shipment of gold out of Hong Kong. Twice the metal was packed carefully...
Yamana increases dividend after strong Q1 2020 results
Canadian miner Yamana Gold has increased its annual dividend by a further 25% to $0.0625 a share on the back of first-quarter results this year....
Petra Diamonds delays interest payment to borrow $21m
South Africa’s Petra Diamonds (LON:PDL) has swayed bondholders to receiving an interest payment due Friday to a later date, which would allow it to borrow...
Paladin to release restart plan for Namibia uranium mine in the fourth quarter
The restart plan and guidance on key economic parameters for Australia-listed uranium company Paladin Energy’s Langer Heinrich uranium operation, in Namibia, are expected to be...
How the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the global mining industry
Some have called the COVID-19 crisis a black swan event. It has had an extreme impact and the world was unprepared for what has transpired,...
‘Coronavirus is the last thing to worry about while looking for gold deep inside a mine’
When the national lockdown was announced in March, informal miner Fadzi Manono was underground and digging for gold at a mine in Benoni. When he...
Zimbabwe pavilion to double exhibitors at DRC Mining Week
Exclusive interview with ZimTrade, the organiser of the Zimbabwe country pavilion that is returning for the third year in a row to exhibit at DRC Mining Week in...