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Section 54s cost SA mines R4.8bn in 2015, and 2016 may...

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A REPORT by the Chamber of Mines of South Africa (CoM) estimates the application of safety stoppages - known as Section54s in terms of...

Draft charter is “economic suicide” for SA

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MINING minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, has caused significant damage to South Africa’s economy with the release of a new draft Mining Charter, said a senior...

Anglo strikes back after Eskom labels coal deal “unacceptable”

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ANGLO American has hit back at claims by an Eskom executive that the price of coal it supplies to the utility's Tutuka power station...

Zwane concedes SA mining needs foreign firms in MPRDA debate

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SOUTH African mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, said legislation and black economic empowerment (BEE) credentials shouldn’t frighten investors and he guaranteed that the government won’t...

Cadiz and Peter Skeat working on Blyvoor resurrection

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Cape Town financial institution Cadiz Corporate Solutions is spearheading the raising of US$70m to start two mining projects – one surface and one underground...

Sibanye to hit DMR with R26m claim for Section 54 stoppage

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SIBANYE is to issue South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) with a R26m legal claim following the application of a number of Section...

Zimbabwe to assume control over country’s diamond sector

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Zimbabwe has taken over income from all diamond mining activities in the country after injecting $80m into the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), a...

Mathunjwa in full cry as AMCU confirms Sibanye strike

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AFTER several months of relative quiet, Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (AMCU), stirred up fresh controversy vowing to...

Anglo running the rule over remaining fleet of aircraft

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COMPANY jets are something of anathema in today’s financially straitened times, especially in the global mining sector where thousands of jobs have been lost. It’s...

Manuel says DMR must “clean up act” as Cape project wins...

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FORMER finance minister, Trevor Manuel, has demanded the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) "clean up its act" referring specifically to the controversial granting of...