Macmahon Holdings Ltd has provided an update on the continued growth of its order book. Tropicana Project Extension The Tropicana mine is a joint venture between AngloGold Ashanti Australia Ltd (70% and operator) and Regis Resources Ltd (30%), and is one of Australia’s largest gold producing mines. Macmahon has been providing mining services since opencast […]

The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr George Mireku Duker, on Wednesday led a delegation from Sudan to Tarkwa in the Western Region. Mr Duker who is also the Member of Parliament for Tarkwa-Nsuaem Constituency was accompanied by Mr Mohamed Basheer Abdalla Mennawi, Minister of Minerals of the Republic of Sudan, Ambassador Mohamed […]

The Gauteng health department controversially used R500 million from Covid-19 funds to refurbish the hospital, with numerous questions subsequently being raised about its capacity and utilisation. The refurbished AngloGold Ashanti hospital. Picture: Gauteng government In a statement on Thursday, the DA decried the use of half a billion rand from the Covid-19 budget on a […]

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 30 (Reuters) – Canadian miner Yamana Gold is cutting its projected expenses to expand the Jacobina complex in northeastern Brazil by up to 74%, after tests at its processing plant went better than expected, Chief Executive Peter Marrone told Reuters. The company plans to increase its annual production capacity at the […]

The Gauteng health department controversially used R500 million from Covid-19 funds to refurbish the hospital, with numerous questions subsequently being raised about its capacity and utilisation. The refurbished AngloGold Ashanti hospital. Picture: Gauteng government In a statement on Thursday, the DA decried the use of half a billion rand from the Covid-19 budget on a […]

Perenti at work in Ghana. Image: Perenti AngloGold Ashanti has awarded a $470 million contract for mining services to a Perenti Global joint venture (JV) at the Iduapriem gold mine in Ghana. AMAX is a 60:40 JV between Perenti’s surface mining business African Mining Services (AMS) and Ghanaian mining services company MAXMASS. In line with […]

Gauteng Premier David Makhura at the opening of AngloGold Ashanti Hospital. Picture: Supplied. Johannesburg – The R500m hospital opened amid much fanfare by Gauteng premier David Makhura to help with the rising numbers of Covid-19 cases has only had 25 patients since it started operating in May and currently has six. The Gauteng Health Department […]

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Contract miner Perenti on Monday reported the award of a A$470-million contract from gold miner AngloGold Ashanti at its Iduapriem gold mine, in Ghana. The contract was awarded to a surface mining joint venture (JV) between Perenti’s African arm, African Mining Services (AMS) and Ghanaian mining services company MAXMASS. Perenti’s part of […]

Editor’s Note: With so much market volatility, stay on top of daily news! Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today’s must-read news and expert opinions. Sign up here! (Kitco News) – Perenti (ASX:PRN), a diversified global mining services group headquartered in Australia, announced today that its joint venture AMAX has been […]

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