[Miningmx] -- ALL in all, it was a miserable year to be invested in South African-listed mining stocks, the gold industry in particular.

[Moneyweb] -- DRDGOLD's new flotation and fine grind circuit that is currently under construction alongside its Ergo operations is starting to take shape and is planned for commissioning in quarter three next year.

[Business Day] -- DRDGOLD is looking for opportunities to expand its gold reclamation business, with the possibility of venturing into platinum, the firm’s CEO Niël Pretorius said yesterday.

[Business Report] -- A strong gold price coupled with an overhaul of operations boosted profit by more than half at DRDGOLD for the full year to June, the company reported yesterday.

[The New Age] -- DRDGOLD, South Africa's fourth-largest gold producer, more than trebeled its full-year earnings yesterday.

[Miningmx] -- DRDGOLD wants to extend its surface mining footprint beyond gold, saying very few players can match its technology to extract earnings from mining dumps in high-volume environments.

[MiningWeekly] -- JSE-listed DRDGOLD is mulling a uranium add-on to its gold recovery plant at Ergo and is talking to the government about using treated acid mine drainage water in its gold reclamation process on the East Rand.

[Moneyweb] -- DRDGOLD shooting the lights out for the quarter ended 31 December 2011.

[Mineweb] -- Niël Pretorius, DRDGOLD's CEO says the group has turned its focus to sweating assets and creating stability in a bid to avoid margin squeeze.

[Miningmx] -- DRDGOLD on Tuesday reported a 53% increase in full-year operating profit to R622m from its Ergo asset, leading the gold producer to a 259% increase in headline earnings per share from continuing operations to 61c per share.