Cutifani named as possible Carroll replacement
In assessing possible candidates for the top job at Anglo American, it’s the name of
AngloGold Ashanti’s Mark Cutifani that keeps cropping up.
Fever for iron ore intensifies
Exxaro's play for African Iron comes as large investments are made globally, particularly in Australia, to develop iron ore and coal mines.
Northam Pt unlikely to mine until 2014
As the mourning period for the late Nelson Mandela morphs into year-end holidays, there's a real risk Northam could lose up to R700m in revenue.
SA mining: comparisons incomplete
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.
Mining licences: Who will look after water?
Everyone agrees a one-stop mining permit shop is the way to go, but the fight
to rule that shop has only just begun.
Mines, state must find joint purpose
The ANC's State Intervention in the Minerals Sector report contains a quiver of arrows
aimed at driving the private sector away from mining in SA.
Govt. must heed lesson of Implats restructure as Charter talks toil
AFTER years resisting restructuring its cash-hungry Rustenburg shafts, Impala Platinum (Implats), under the guidance of CEO, Nico Muller, has resolved there's no time like...
What Eskom can do to give momentum to its reinvention
THERE is a bit of impatience about regarding the pace at which South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is working to restore the country's economic...
Anglo’s ‘balance’ argument on returns informed by project pipeline
INVESTORS were a little sniffy about Anglo American's reticence to go over and above its stated dividend policy of paying out 40% of earnings.
The frustration...
South Deep, a story of the big mine that couldn’t
THERE is a story told of how Barrick executives were seen at the 2006 Denver Gold Conference conducting 'running high fives' having earlier in...