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Harmony Gold, NUM agree on May 2 return date 
By: Martin Creamer 15th April 2020 The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and gold mining company Harmony have to May 2 as the return-to work date following South Africa’s Covid-19... →
Govt permits Tharisa to continue to operate with fewer personnel 
By: Martin Creamer 9th April 2020 Chrome and platinum group metals (PGM) mining company Tharisa has received government permission to continue operating with a reduced number of... →
Glencore's Mopani copper mines on care and maintenance 
By: Martin Creamer 7th April 2020 Copper mining company Mopani Copper Mines plc said on Tuesday that it had placed its mining operations on care and maintenance and a number of... →
Harmony Gold’s nine underground mines cease operations

By: Martin Creamer 31st March 2020 Mining has ceased at all of the nine underground gold mines of Harmony Gold but the Johannesburg- and New York-listed company’s surface retreatment... →
Menar suspends operations
26th March 2020 In full support of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of the state of national disaster to mitigate the impact of COVID-19, fast-growing... →
Menar doing due diligence on thermal coal assets being offloaded 
By: Martin Creamer 10th March 2020 Private investment and management company Menar is doing due diligence on thermal coal assets that have been placed on the market by companies... →
Going green is a good business proposition – Schmidt 
By: Martin Creamer 28th February 2020 Going green and ensuring environmental protection is a good business proposition, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) CEO Mike Schmidt said on Friday.... →
De Beers Group’s ‘make life brilliant’ fostering best-in-class mining 
By: Martin Creamer 7th February 2020 De Beers Group Managed Operations MD responsible for South Africa and Canada, Nompumelelo (Mpumi) Zikalala, spoke to Mining Weekly this week about... →