[BDLive] GOLD producer DRDGold narrowed its loss in the interim period to end-December and withheld paying a dividend as it focused on paying down debt.

[BizNews.com] DRDGold half-year results saw gold production up 6% with all in sustaining costs down 5% to $1,194/oz. Operating profit was up 5% and EBITDA grew 59%. Remgro has declared a gross cash dividend for the interim period of 169c per share.

[Moneyweb] Q2 2015 vs Q1 2015

Gold production down 3% to 36 010 oz
All-in sustaining costs down 7% to US$1 149/oz
Operating profit up 6% to R84.4 million
Cash balance up 19% to R242.3 million

[Miningweekly.com] – Despite experiencing some 67 hours of load shedding in the last month of 2014, specialist tailings miner DRDGold lifted gold output for the six months ended December 31 by 6% to 73 015 oz, attributing the uptick to increased metallurgical efficiencies at the long-embattled flotation fine-grind (FFG) circuit and the installation in April 2014 of back-up power generators.

[Netwerk24] -- DRDGold is oor die hond se rug met sy nuwe flottasie-tegnologie en het gewys dat dié tegnologie kan werk.

[Thomson Reuters] -- R23 million Ergo plant upgrade to increase treatment capacity.

[Mining Weekly] -- Following the completion of a feasibility study, JSE- and NYSE-listed DRDGold was preparing to upgrade its Ergo processing plant, at a cost of R23-million, to increase its treatment capacity.

[Miningne.ws] -- DRDGOLD Limited has announced the completion of a feasibility study for a R23 million upgrade of its Ergo plant to effect an increase in treatment capacity by 300 000 tonnes per month to a total of 2.1 million.

[Mining Weekly] -- Every Friday morning, SAfm’s AMLive’s radio anchor Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly.