Mantashe hopes history will repeat itself, but Lonmin may collapse first
SOUTH African mines minister, Gwede Mantashe, said the country's platinum sector was where gold companies found themselves between 1999 to 2002. The price of...
Acacia export ban a consequence of populism and bad blood
IT can't be in the interests of the Tanzanian government to see Acacia Mining close its Bulyanhulu mine, but that's exactly the consequence of...
Platinum miners’ optimism about the hole they’re in is misplaced
YOU have to be an optimist to be a miner and the most diehard optimists in the business right now are those in platinum...
Zwane’s Mining Charter to face critical legal test next week
SOUTH Africa's High Court starts three-day deliberations on the so-called 'Minister's Charter' on Monday (February 19), the third iteration of the 2004 Mining Charter...
Nedbank warns DMR discretion opens the door to ‘lawfare’
NEDBANK Capital's Paul Miller may have just hit the nail on the head with respect to the risk attached to new investment in South...
Old foe, known quantity, Mantashe will give momentum to Mining Charter...
OF all the new cabinet appointments made by South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, yesterday, sending Gwede Mantashe to the mines ministry was one of...
Bid for New Largo would be a different kettle of fish...
UK-listed firm Petra Diamonds built a business out of buying the assets De Beers no longer wanted to operate whilst for the Anglo company,...
When AMCU calls a strike, it means business
Joseph Mathunjwa's Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union has made a business case out of undermining central bargaining - a tactic that wins members.
Just when you thought it was safe to buy SA mining...
I think the decision by Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe to do an “about face” over the High Court ruling on “once empowered,...
Will Muller take the plunge and cut Implats’ loss-making platinum?
IT will be interesting to see how Nico Muller opens his account at Impala Platinum (Implats), the company of which he was appointed CEO...