Vedanta pondering increase in 2017 Gamsberg capex
Vedanta Resources may accelerate spending on its $400m Gamsberg zinc project this year as the venture had been significantly de-risked, said Tom Albanese, CEO...
Anglo mulling Johannesburg office change
ABOUT 300 employees of De Beers will later this year make the 3.7km trip from 17 Charterhouse Street, offices for the diamond group for...
Xtract’s Nelson sells Manica – for second time – in...
JAN Nelson, CEO of Xtract Resources, a UK-listed mining development company, is to sell the firm's Manica project in Mozambique for $17.5m (R274m) -...
Mining charter negotiations have moved to ‘nitty-gritty’
THE Chamber of Mines of South Africa (CoM) and the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) claimed important advances had been made in negotiations concerning...
Zwane calls SA mining to introduce more BEE
SOUTH Africa's mining industry should not be tied to "a specific number of entrants", said the country's mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, who called...
Slide in SA mining output a jolt to the senses
THE surprisingly large decline in mining production in March partly reflects low commodity prices but also indicates that South Africa’s mining industry is winding...
Court gives green light for mass silicosis claims
SOUTH Africa’s South Gauteng High Court has granted current and former mineworkers permission to proceed with a class action for damages against mining companies...
Who stands to hurt most if ‘new’ mining charter prevails?
SIBANYE Gold is one of the companies thought to be most at risk by the South African government’s surprise ‘third’ mining charter, a document...
Cost cutting reaching limits of “what is possible”: Mackenzie
BHP Billiton CEO, Andrew Mackenzie, said there was limited capacity for the world's mining sector to make further significant in-roads into safe productivity improvements...
MPRDA drifts as Parliament dwells on ignored communities
COMMUNITIES should have a bigger say in the granting of mining licences, prospecting rights, and environmental matters, said Abram Sithole, CEO of the National...