Why the Chamber’s deal with Zwane is a strategic masterstroke
THERE'S more than meets the eye to the Chamber of Mines' decision not to interdict the redrafted Mining Charter. This is according to market...
Zwane agrees to withhold Charter as Chamber drops interdict
SOUTH Africa's Chamber of Mines will not proceed with an interdict of the redrafted Mining Charter after the mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, agreed in...
Master Drilling targets open cast drilling in S. America deal
MASTER Drilling expected to conclude an acquisition before the end of its current financial year that will open up the open-cast mine drilling market...
SepFluor bets R1.7bn on notoriously difficult fluorspar
"WHAT have these guys been smoking and where can I get some?" has been the default reaction to the news that Sephaku Fluoride (SepFluor)...
Chamber’s search for ‘the good’ may be a one-way conversation
SPEAKING in October 2016 at the opening of the Joburg Indaba, a conference, Sibanye-Stillwater CEO, Neal Froneman, outlined plans for a new approach by...
SA mining industry “has lost confidence in Zwane”: Baxter
SOUTH Africa's mining industry had "lost confidence" in its mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, who had backed the re-write of a Mining Charter which was...
ARM is on the acquisition trail and assessing new copper projects
WITH net debt down to around R1bn, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) is keen to embark on new merger & acquisition (M&A) activity and first...
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...
ARM declares record dividend but flags trouble ahead at Nkomati
African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) trebled headline earnings to R3.2bn in the year to June and more than doubled its dividend to a record 650c...
Swanepoel revelling in comedian with a conscience role
IN his heyday – when he ran Harmony Gold during its expansion phase before the train smash with Gold Fields – one of the...