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South32 looks north as SA coal, manganese production slumps

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SOUTH32 achieved record production at its alumina, zinc and manganese mines for its 2016 financial year which was also notable for output declines at...

Market has bottomed, but road ahead will be bumpy

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ONE of the first senior voices to dare suggest the seemingly interminable slump in the minerals and metals markets was nearing an end was...

Randgold’s Bristow to convince market of dividend strategy

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MARK Bristow is something of the arch iconoclast. He thinks, for instance, that the gold industry establishment is "a club", and he derives a...

“We’re ahead at South Deep for first time since I can...

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NICK Holland has received a few knocks in his eight years as CEO of Gold Fields including an investigation by the US Securities Regulation...

Wheels came off, but Transnet’s Gama sees green shoots

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THE year-end results of Transnet, South Africa's state-owned transport and logistics company, provides an alternative snapshot of the health of the national economy; one...

Eskom urges Anglo to “radically” up its game at New Denmark

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ESKOM said the cost of amortising the capital expenditure of Anglo American's New Denmark mine was in its calculations when it said it paid...

Zwane, CoM lead SA mining into unchartered waters

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THE word from South Africa's mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, is that discussions with the Chamber of Mines over a new mining charter have been...

Expect a new mining charter in July, say lawyers

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THE South African mining sector’s newly negotiated mining charter could be ready for public consumption as early as July. That’s the expectation of Peter...

Eskom promises to provide R1.8bn to Exxaro’s Matla

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EXXARO Resources said Eskom would provide R1.8bn to expand the Matla mine after the mining firm reduced the cost of the proposed expansion by...

AngloGold self-help raises hopes of dividends resumption

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THE invasion of hundreds of artisanal miners at AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi gold mine in Ghana is certainly distressing for the company, but analysts don’t...