Glencore M&A doesn’t mean miners have returned to old ways
DAYS after concluding the recapitalisation of its balance sheet, and reinstalling the dividend, Glencore boss, Ivan Glasenberg, announced a proposal that the Swiss-headquartered company...
Cashed-up South32 not ready to abandon its caution
"SORRY, this is just our energy efficiency," says Mike Fraser, COO of South32’s Southern Africa assets. He waves his arms and the office lights...
The young Turks of SA’s emerging coal sector
ASKED to clarify the pronunciation of his name, Vuslat Bayoglu responded: "Call me Vusi", normally a short version of a common South African name....
Africa’s ‘miner bashing’ plays to the popular heart
COMMENTING on a decision by the Tanzanian government to blockade gold-bearing concentrate produced from Acacia Mining’s Bulyanhulu and Buzwagi mines earlier this year, Investec...
MPRDA heading for same legal wrangling as Mining Charter
LEGAL experts have warned that amendments to the Minerals & Petroleum Resources Development Act – crucial for regulatory certainty in South Africa’s mining industry...
Zero sum game: Why the Mining Charter redraft has no winners
The third revision of the Mining Charter gazetted on June 15 sent shock waves through South Africa’s mining industry. The onerous set of new...
Ghana wins back investors as $500m pledged to gold sector
MARK Bristow is unlikely to return to Obuasi, the Ghanaian gold mine he has twice stalked in the past 20 years before declining to...
Zwane’s March deadline for Mining Charter is wishful thinking
SOUTH Africa mines minister Mosebenzi Zwane's March deadline for gazetting a new Mining Charter is hopeful, partly because the redraft introduces complexities that may...
Harmony confident 400,000 oz/y growth within its capability
HARMONY Gold was confident it could add about 400,000 ounces in new annual production through corporate action with one potential transaction being actively pursued.
"We...
New technology tipped to save 200,000 SA mining jobs by 2025
INVESTING in technology that extended reserve and resource life could save some 200,000 jobs that might be lost by 2025 in South Africa's mining...