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Heads may roll in platinum revamp

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Company valuations, shafts and blue collar workers will not be the only casualties in the scramble to keep platinum mines afloat.

India, Zim waiting on Sishen’s riches

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Much effort has been going into establishing a new steel producer in the wake of the Sishen mine mineral rights dispute.

SA must source power outside Eskom

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Electricity utility Eskom lacks the capacity to grow and other suppliers of power have to be found otherwise South Africa cannot grow, writes Jan de Lange.

The threat to Lonmin is a threat to all

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Is the Department of Mineral Resources really that incompetent or is this a deliberate attempt to seize a piece of Lonmin's legitimate business?

Solving Eskom’s coal conundrum

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South Africa is facing a second power outage crisis unless difficult policy decisions are taken now.

Can BHP sway Anglo shareholders without a sweetener?

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BHP is to give its proposed £38m takeover of Anglo American one final push this week, but it's unlikely to involve a price change. Central...

It’s been sixteen years yet South Africa is still fighting over...

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IT'S sixteen years since the Mining Charter was adopted by the South African mining sector, the country's Government, and trade unions. Not quite a...

Siege mentality a trusted tactic of mud-slinging unions

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IN the world of inter-union rivalry, anything goes. Look no further than the latest blow-up in which the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) described Joseph...

Cosatu paper deserves serious attention

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Cosatu's economic paper this week, coming a week ahead of the ANC's national general council, is an important watermark deserving our attention, especially for the mining sector.

SA mining: comparisons incomplete

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Comparisons between the health of SA’s mining sector and some of the world’s booming jurisdictions don’t tell the full story of the local industry’s performance.