Rio Tinto sees customers turning cautious
Rio Tinto has warned that further cracks may be emerging in global commodities markets as the economies of Europe and the United States waver.
Debt is Anooraq’s Achilles heel
Anooraq Resources' Achilles heel is the company's very high level of debt which management must reduce as an urgent priority according to a research report released by JP Morgan Cazenove.
Wescoal joins Ata consortium in takeover bid for Universal Coal
WESCOAL Holdings, the Johannesburg-listed coal producer, said it had joined a consortium led by private equity firm, Ata Resources, to buy Universal Coal.
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De Beers to run 30-day search in last gasp effort to...
DE BEERS has abandoned its formal process of finding a buyer for Voorspoed, the Free State province mine the diamond group said in November it...
Transnet suspends coal line services after violent protests
SOUTH African coal exports had been disrupted by violent protests in the country's KwaZulu-Natal province which had led to the suspension of services, said...
Zim to nationalise mines, Chinese firm spared
Zimbabwe will proceed with plans to take majority stakes in foreign-owned diamond mines in the east of the country but will spare a Chinese-owned mine from a state takeover.
Anglogold Ashanti wants top dollar for Iduapriem
AngloGold CEO Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan's message to Gold Fields' CEO Nick Holland on a potential sale of the Iduapriem mine is straightforward - cough up.
Kumba denies influencing licence application
Kumba Iron Ore has rejected claims by former deputy director-general of the mines department, Jacinto Rocha, that it attempted to influence the granting of a mining licence.
Exxaro weighs coal export handling options as RBCT congestion raises its...
EXXARO Resources will consider exporting coal through port handling terminals other than Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT), in which it is a shareholder, as...
Strike over
The Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union will bring the curtain down on the five-month strike in the platinum sector on June 24, sources say.