PLATINUM miner Lonmin , which is listed on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges, would move its head office from London to Johannesburg, it said yesterday, taking the opposite direction from many dual-listed companies.

PRODUCTION reports yesterday from two of SA's biggest platinum miners for the September quarter showed management continuing to battle with labour and restructuring issues, although reports from diamond and iron-ore producers were more positive.

THE boardroom battle at Impala Platinum ( Implats ) has resulted in the unceremonious ousting of chairman Fred Roux, removed after a "strained, distant" relationship with CEO David Brown and the board.

MINER DRDGold recorded a net loss of R63m for the quarter ended last month as wage increases and a 32% tariff hike pushed up its operating costs, putting pressure on margins.

Minister of Steel and Solid Minerals Development, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, yesterday told the House of Representatives Committee on Steel that at least 50 per cent of the 4,510 workforce of Ajaokuta Steel Complex Limited, ASCL, and the Nigerian Iron Ore

DIVERSIFIED miner Anglo American rang the changes to its management structure yesterday and said it would sell off assets in a bid to streamline operations and focus on its mining portfolio.

IF the South African-owned platinum mining company, Zimplats, had thought it had found new friends in government when President Robert Mugabe showered it with praise last week it must have been shocked at the weekend when the opposite was dished

GOLD production at New Dawn Mining's Turk Mine has continued to increase since the company resumed production early this year. This comes at a time when RioZim has reported that gold production at Renco Mine, Masvingo, is set to increase

MAZFACT Mining Corporation through one of its affiliates, Afrex Mining Corporation, is considering investing US$10 million to boost its chrome production in its Ngezi, Shurugwi and Zvishavane mines.

MINES and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu has urged the Zimbabwe Defence Forces to jealously guard the country's vast mineral resources.

Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) says it deeply regrets the unplanned release of processed water containing dilute cyanide concentrations from the plant site on Thursday, October 8, 2009, and promised to learn from it by reviwing operating procedures to prevent

Despite the downturn in the global markets, Botswana continues to be the largest supplier of rough diamonds to the United States of America (US).