SA Govt decries negative comments following BHP’s Anglo bid
SOUTH Africa has rejected commentary that BHP's takeover proposal for Anglo American represented a vote of no confidence in the country.
"Some analysts and sections...
Has Anglo American peaked under CEO, Mark Cutifani?
THE proposed demerger of Anglo American’s South African thermal coal assets in May is probably the last of the major deep vein corporate surgery...
DRDGold, Sibanye-Stillwater benefit most from Charter ruling
ONE of the companies to have benefited most from a recent High Court ruling on the principle of 'once-empowerment, always-empowered' is DRDGold followed by...
Anglo, BHP fail to make progress as deadline approaches
ANGLO American and BHP were struggling to reach agreement on a possible combination of the two companies with talks stuck on possible deal structure...
White Rivers Exploration plans JSE debut
Privately-owned White Rivers Exploration is to explore for gold in the Beisa reef in the Free State province with Harmony Gold and wants to raise capital in a listing.
Zambia mines minister Richard Musukwa hits out at Vedanta for failing...
THE Zambian government had applied for the provisional liquidation of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) because it was late in implementing its plans, had failed...
Base metals lack direction
The base metals complex has been lacking direction for the next convincing break, and in the absence of significant changes to the fundamentals, the markets are drifting on the back of macro news, says an analyst.
Eskom warns SA to brace for heavier, more frequent loadshedding over...
SOUTH Africa's beleaguered power utility, Eskom, told its customers to brace for regular rotational power cuts over the next 18 months as it embarks...
GFMS: gold to breach $2,000 by year-end
Gold prices are likely to break through $2,000 an ounce by year-end to new record highs, says metals consultancy GFMS.
Sandi Majali arrested
The South African Police Service have confirmed the arrest of controversial businessman Sandi Majali for the alleged hijacking of Kalahari Resources.