Reporting on its operating and financial results for the second quarter of 2019 (Q2-2019), Caledonia Mining Corp, which operates the Blanket mine near Gwanda in Zimbabwe, says that gold production during the quarter was 12 712 ounces. This is an increase of 6,4 per cent on gold produced in the first quarter of 2019 of 11 948 ounces, taking production for the first six months of 2019 to 24 660 ounces.

The board of Alphamin, the company which has developed the Bisie tin mine in the DRC’s North Kivu Province, has announced a change of leadership which is precipitated by the company completing the ‘project build’ phase and migrating to that of a steady-state mining operation.

Minergy Limited, the coal mining and trading company which owns 100 % of the 390-Mt Masama coal project in the Mmambula coalfield in Botswana, reports that the new mine will reach steady-state production in September this year.

ASX-listed West African Resources (West African) has appointed African Mining Services Ltd (AMS), a wholly owned subsidiary of ASX-listed Ausdrill, as preferred tenderer for the open-pit mining contract for the Sanbrado gold project in Burkina Faso.

SepFluor Limited’s R1,7 billion Nokeng fluorspar mine and plant at Rust de Winter, north-east of Pretoria, has been officially opened.