Ready to ditch ‘King Rat’ persona
Having been uncharacteristically quiet for the past 24 months, Stuart "King Rat’ Murray is back on form, claiming Aquarius is on the verge of becoming a major.
Cleaver aims to return De Beers to new mine development
DE BEERS is reviewing its approach to the development of smaller mining projects as the diamond giant considers its future strategy in a situation...
PGM pessimism over-cooked, copper strong
Whilst there were problems in the platinum sector, there were reasons to be cheerful, analysts said, adding that the prospects for copper were also sound.
Commodities to benefit from a post-Covid-19 world could include a short-lived...
When the COVID-19 pandemic finally passes, the new economy that emerges will have commodity winners and losers.
Coal, for one, may prove to be a...
Salt of the earth: how the world’s miners clocked the benefits...
The Danakil Depression in Eritrea is as inhospitable a location as it’s possible to find. It is hot, temperatures soar to 50 degrees Celsius,...
Surge in resource nationalism blind to the consequences
Investors in a number of mining companies operating in Africa – including Randgold Resources, Acacia Mining and Ivanhoe Mines – have had some unpleasant surprises...
Juniors make hay in Witbank coalfields
Keaton Energy and Universal Coal show that while the Witbank coalfields may be drawing to a close, it offers excellent opportunities to smaller, fleet-footed companies.
Market misery fetters Botswana ambitions
Diamonds will continue to propel Botswana's economy for only two more decades while attempts to diversify have been met with logistical and economic problems.
Sibanye-Stillwater’s Froneman vows group will keep pace with the EV revolution
Neal Froneman, CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater, has fought off a five-month strike, added R3bn to the balance sheet, restructured the gold division and concluded a...
BCG, McKinsey & Co say no reboot for South African mining...
IT'S the productivity, stupid.
That's the underlying message from two new reports about the South African mining industry, one by consulting McKinsey & Company, the...