Time to honour Jo’burg’s gold legacy
Johannesburg has a rich legacy in gold mining, but mining firms today will fail that legacy if they fail to give back to communities.
Where did it go wrong for gold mining shares?
The modern gold mining company should have small, properly incentivised management teams with a handle on costs, and debt and capital allocation.
Black business stymied by BEE lock-in clauses
Mining firms have no option but to lock their black partners into BEE structures which in turn limits the scope for real empowerment.
Royalty funding set to become a low risk finance route
ROYALTY agreements, and their legal cousins, streaming agreements, are set to become an increasingly popular mine funding mechanism, especially in times of legislative uncertainty...
Overcoming the talent gap in African mining
Local skills are hard to come by in mining provinces such as Zambia's copperbelt which throws up challenges in completing environmental studies for projects.
Time for South Africans to face tough truths
It is time for South Africans to face three tough truths if the country is to make the best of its mineral endowement, writes Anglo American CEO, Mark Cutifani.
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...
Asset valuation disputes rarely best settled through legal means
LEGAL disputes over the value of mineral projects and mining companies are difficult to win conclusively, suggesting that a new approach in contracts is...
Mining charter ruling will have limited effect
The South African government can amend its legislation if a court ruling proves the 'once-empowered, always-empowered' principle is supported in the charter.
Cash rich companies ought to rethink their return strategies
I LIKE cash and I like companies that have cash. But what if they have too much? In other words: a lazy balance sheet. Now...