SA makes second run at Botswana coal
An unnamed South African firm would pay Aviva Resources $20m if it could develop a power project at Botswana's Mmamantswe coal deposit.
Exxaro faces series of strategic brain-teasers
Empowerment and decisions over investments in Moyoko, Tronox and TCSA have made 2015 a year of delicate decision-making for Exxaro Resources.
Platinum sector must get fuel cells into gear
Faced with falling consumption of diesel cars and the rise of electric vehicles, now is the time for the platinum sector to deliver on long-standing fuel cell technology.
Bad day at the office for SA mining shares
AMCU took gold producers a step closer to strike action, iron ore tumbled 10% to play havoc with Kumba and ARM, and Lonmin hit it lowest level in five years.
What happened to gold’s safe-haven status?
The gold price benefited from the 2009 and 2011 crisis, but amid a 30% slide in Chinese stocks and prospects of Grexit, bullion has merely tested year lows. Why?
Bowing to union demands ruinous for SA gold
The Chamber of Mines warned that union wage demands would destroy every job in
the South African gold sector as talks complete an eighth day without result.
Kerr unfazed by South32 one-fifth value loss
Graham Kerr, CEO of South32, said disappointed expectations for certain metals were behind the one-fifth climb-down in the company's share price.
IMF calls on Mozambique to settle policy
The International Monetary Fund has called on Mozambique to bring certainty to its coal and gas legislative framework in order to consolidate long-term prospects.
Gold miners say unions must study ‘job value’
South African gold producers hope to convince unions of what's at stake if just one job is lost owing to high wage demands.
Dismay as Zim indigenisation talks stall
South African platinum firms have been unable to progress indigenisation deals with the Zimbabwean government with both sides stuck over compensation.