Zwane says investors have embraced Mining Charter redraft
EVERY investor with whom South African mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, had met following the publication of the redrafted Mining Charter on June 15 had...
Sibanye-Stillwater says shaft ‘incident’ to hit third quarter gold output
SIBANYE-Stillwater said it was facing a new disruption to gold output just over a year after resolving a three-month strike at the South African...
Mantashe crosses swords with Spoor after DMR postpones Xolobeni meeting
SOUTH African mines minister, Gwede Mantashe, postponed a visit to the Xolobeni community in the country's Eastern Cape on December 9 which was earlier...
Mantashe looms large over first – positive – Charter meeting
THE first report back from the stakeholders negotiating the Mining Charter is due on April 10 so it's probably worth setting down some preliminary...
Anarchy and death at Aurora mine
Miners at the Aurora Empowerment Systems are concerned about their safety after allegedly being attacked by a group of trigger happy security guards.
Resurgent Lonmin sets out brave new world
An Esop; centralised bargaining; and more inclusive union recognition are some of the steps Lonmin is taking to recover - a statement of intent the market applauded.
BHP meets Eskom amid $20bn demerger chatter
BHP Billiton has resumed talks with Eskom over power to its aluminium smelters amid
talk the Australian firm is mulling a $20bn demerger of its SA assets.
Cash-strapped cutters embrace De Beers offer
A lack of bank liquidity and difficult trading conditions means sightholders are
likely to jump at the chance of deferring up to 50% of rough diamond sales,
says De Beers CEO Philippe Mellier.
Guinea and neighbours tighten surveillance, border checks as Ebola outbreak takes...
COUNTRIES neighbouring Guinea are taking steps to guard against the transmission of the Ebola virus, cases of which have been reported afresh in the...
BHP wary of fragile economy
BHP Billiton sees the global economy remaining fragile in the near term and economic growth possibly slowing in the medium term, says its chairperson Jacques Nasser.


















