Posts Tagged ‘said-on-monday’

Newmont Mining Corp.'s Indonesian unit said on Monday it is in talks with a worker union and local government to solve a protest that blocked access to its copper and gold mine last week. Full story

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) JSE-listed Eqstra Holdings, which owns mining contractor MCC Holdings, said on Monday that operations have resumed at Platmin’s Pilanesberg platinum group-metals mine in South Africa, following illegal industrial action Full story

The world's top platinum producer said Monday that higher prices and sales of the metal were expected to boost headline earnings per share for the six months to June Anglo Platinum, the world's top producer of the precious metal, said on Monday that Full story

Kazakhstan, which aims to boost sharply its gold output, is considering building a third gold refinery this year or next, Deputy Prime Minister Aset Isekeshev said on Monday. Full story

TORONTO (miningweekly.com) TSX-listed Orezone Gold will aim to complete a feasibility study in the third quarter of 2012 for its Bombore gold project in Burkina Faso, and is targeting first production from the mine in 2015, the company said on Monday. Full story

China became the world’s largest gold producer for the fourth year in a row last year, with its annual output topping 340 tons, the country’s gold association said on Monday. China overtook South Africa to become the world’s largest gold producer Full story

ZIMBABWE is poised to surpass current annual gold output of 13 000 tonnes on the back of fresh investment capital and improved exploration techniques, an official said on Monday. Full story

A four-day-old strike has paralyzed Bolivia's San Cristobal mine, which produces silver, zinc and lead and accounts for about half the country's mining exports, the government said on Monday. San Cristobal is the world's third-largest producer of silver and the sixth-largest producer of zinc, according to Japan's Sumitomo Corp (8053.T: Quote), which fully owns the mine. Full story

Ngwenda Gold has submitted an urgent application the High Court in Johannesburg to reverse the “hijacking” of its identity and assets, the investment company said on Monday. Ngwenda Gold director Mashudu Walter Nengwenda said the company became aware Full story

PERTH (miningweekly.com) Victoria-based Castlemaine Goldfields aims to start production at its Ballarat gold mine in September, it said on Monday, after its board approved development work at the 50 000-oz/y project. Full story