Glencore revises 2017 output lower, but share tipped to re-rate
GLENCORE guided to slightly lower production across most of its commodities for the 2017 financial year, but analysts continued to back the company with...
Anglo reinstalls dividend with 48 US c payout after halving net...
ANGLO American cemented its recovery after a sometimes excruciating two-year restructuring exercise by resuming the dividend and installing a policy of paying out 40%...
Zwane declares DMR “reasonable” after approving Lonmin deal
SOUTH African mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, sought to cast his Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) in positive light after months of bad press, describing...
Chamber lodges second interdict after Zwane refuses to blink
THE South African government's latest mining regulatory shock is to make a wholly unsurprising appearance in court after the Chamber of Mines filed an urgent application...
CoM may seek second interdict as war breaks out with Zwane
SOUTH Africa's Chamber of Mines was contemplating the launch of a second interdict against the government in as many months following a notice in...
Zwane licence freeze a “last gasp bid” to coerce mining sector
A NOTICE in the Government Gazette dated July 18, described by BusinessLive today as applying a freeze on new investment in South Africa, was...
Kumba to drive Anglo dividend, but Charter gloom gathers
NET cash in Anglo American was forecast to have topped $2.5bn on June 30 which has lifted hopes the UK-listed group would re-instate the...
DMR agrees to Charter standstill as legal process gains steam
SOUTH African mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, has agreed in writing not to implement the current redraft of the Mining Charter pending judgement of an...
Chamber of Mines urges Gigaba to revisit action plan as sector...
SOUTH Africa's Chamber of Mines urged the country's National Treasury to revisit its action plan to save the economy from prolonged recession because it...
Gigaba sets December deadline for MPRDA, re-opens Charter talks
SOUTH Africa has set itself six months to agree on amendments to its keystone mining legislation - the Minerals & Petroleum Resources Development Act...