Godsell: How to curb the youth’s anger
It will be pathetic if South Africans allowed themselves to be paralysed by the ANC Youth League’s demands, says Business Leadership SA chair Bobby Godsell.
CRG completes trial mining
Central Rand Gold has finally completed its trial mining phase but the share price remains bombed out as the company faces up to the flooding threat and looks to achieve sustainable production.
Anglo Plat averts strike, lost output
Anglo Platinum says its production targets are safe from strike action after the company signed 8% to 10% wage deals with unions.
Tharisa coming of age as gains payout, expansion momentum
PLANS by Tharisa to expand chrome production to two million tonnes annually would not compromise the sustainability of the firm's recently upgraded dividend policy,...
Tensions brewing at Blyvoor Gold were miners stage sit in
TENSIONS are brewing at the Blyvoor Gold mine on the West Rand near Carletonville where more than 800 workers have staged a sit-in underground,...
Merafe shuts more furnaces over power
Merafe and Xstrata’s chrome venture will temporarily shut down another two of
its 20 furnaces in an extension of its power buy-back deal with Eskom.
ARM, Vale launch Konkola copper mine
Zambian President Rupiah Banda has inaugurated a new $380m copper mine project, a joint venture between Africa Rainbow Minerals and Vale.
Glencore $25bn debt target draws cautious praise
Analysts welcomed Glencore's target of $25bn in net debt by year-end, but they said progress had to be underpinned by sustained operational cash flows.
Frontier Security founder Erik Prince registers mining subsidiary in DRC
ERIK Prince, the founder of controversial security company, Blackwater, and who said earlier this year he planned to raise $500m to develop mines in...
SA power cuts to ease as Gordhan suggests long-term energy outlook...
POWER cuts would ease in South Africa over the weekend and the long-term outlook for the country's energy security was improving, said Bloomberg News...