Coal capacity grew 2% last year owing to China new builds
COAL power capacity grew 2% last year owing to an increase in new coal plants across China and a slowdown of plant closures in...
Eskom chairman Ngubane cavils at Ramatlhodi’s “naked lies”
IN a commentary evocative of Donald Trump's complaint that he was the worst treated politician in history, Eskom chairman Ben Ngubane said the South...
AMCU petition to be ‘strongly opposed’
South Africa's platinum producers said they would strongly oppose a petition launched by AMCU that they desist from communicating with the union's members.
Gold Fields distances itself from Ramphele comments
Gold Fields distanced itself from comments by former chairperson Mamphela Ramphele who said government forced the group to accept certain BEE partners.
Implats to post fourfold lift in interim earnings as PGM basket...
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) will post more than a fourfold increase in interim headline share earnings of between 1,812 to 1,899 cents, the company said...
Eskom reports explosion of unit 4 at Medupi on Sunday, no...
ESKOM said today a unit at its 4,800MW Medupi power station had exploded - a development that swiftly ends the company's joy at reaching full...
Auryx Gold nears TSX listing debut
Auryx Gold nears its Toronto bourse debut. It will bring to the market a Namibian gold prospect on which it will spend C$15m to bulk up resources and technical studies.
Harmony Gold to establish cultural sites protocols in SA in wake...
HARMONY Gold would establish protocols on cultural sites in South Africa rather than rely on regulations, said Reuters citing the gold firm's CEO, Peter...
Khoemacau Copper secures $565m for 3.6Mt first phase copper mine in...
BOTSWANA stands to receive a major boost after Khoemacau Copper Mining, a subsidiary of US-based, Cupric Canyon Capital, said it had secured $565m in...
Diamond sector could take two years to recover unless De Beers...
THE diamond market is in a serious hole from which it could take the best part of two years to emerge, according to Goldman...