Getting unions on mining company boards is the best way to...
AT last year’s Mining Charter III negotiations, trade unions campaigned for employee representation on company boards. A clause making provision for such representation was...
National alignment crucial to mining project success
AMONG the bland assertions often made about what is needed to achieve success in the mining industry are that much depends on corporate size,...
How long before Gold Fields follows AngloGold to New York?
THE shift of AngloGold Ashanti shares to a primary New York listing was always going to attract negative headlines for South Africa, but it's a...
Aquila, PAMDC imbroglio a perfect demonstration that DMR needs dramatic overhaul
IN 2007, a company called the Pan African Minerals Development Company (PAMDC) was formed with the governments of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia as...
Digging for legitimacy: The case for good ESG in mining
ENVIRONMENTAL and social governance (ESG) has, for a long time, been a woolly issue for the mining industry.
Chiefly because there were no hard and fast...
Vedanta bullish on zinc as supply declines support price
I am frequently asked why our parent company, Vedanta, has been so particularly active in expanding its interests in zinc, one of the four...
Gold’s on the rise, but which is best: the share or...
IT has been nearly five years now since the peak in the gold price at over $1,900 per ounce, which was followed by a...
Zwane’s money for nothing, and his cheques for free
SOUTH Africa mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, today briefed the Black Business Council on his vision for the Mining Charter claiming the document was a...
Platinum sector facing 20% cost hike by 2016
It's just as well miners are optimistic because we face some heavy challenges, especially in the platinum sector where costs will be 20% higher over 13 months.
SA’s draft tax amendments may penalise mining when Govt. should be...
With the onset of Covid-19, global markets are in a tailspin and South Africa’s mining industry has not been spared. It is therefore unfortunate...