ARM to deal with untied strings
Posted: 22 Jul 2005 - | In its pursuit to become an owner and operator of all its assets, ARM will review the benefits of holding a passive 16% stake in Harmony Gold


Empowerment slows to a trickle
Posted: 21 Jul 2005 - | Empowerment deals in South Africa’s mining sector slowed significantly in the year to June 2005. Interestingly, the resources index blossomed.


ARM to dust off 60 000t/year copper mine
Posted: 20 Jul 2005 - | Demand from China underpins plans to resuscitate a copper mine in the Zambian Copperbelt.


Africa’s new mining province
Posted: 19 Jul 2005 - | Madagascar is now home to four major mining ventures


Platinum’s young guns
Posted: 12 Jul 2005 - | Rand could breathe new life into SA’s junior platinum sector


The lessons of war
Posted: 12 Jul 2005 - | What would be the durable impression of Harmony Gold’s seven-month bid for Gold Fields? We take a look at what happened, who was involved and the lessons learned.


Playing the Zimbabwean gamble
Posted: 16 Jul 2005 - | Perfect for that rare geologist with a major in politics


Race hots up for African diamonds
Posted: 12 Jul 2005 - | De Beers gets in on the act after four year absence


Rand took industry to edge, and back
Posted: 11 Jul 2005 - | But recent weakening has its own perils

 
Heart of lightness
Posted: 11 Jul 2005 - | Can the DRC is claw its way back after 40 years of political and economic darkness? Optimism abounds as the Congo waits on US$500m in cobalt projects and installs its first traffic lights in Lubumbashi.

Missing the boat
Posted: 08 Jul 2005 - | JSE frustrated by investor wariness as mining cycle kicks on

Diamond Core plans placing
Posted: 08 Jul 2005 - | One of SA’s few JSE-listed exploration firms, hopes to raise capital in a placing with SA and offshore institutions - following its plan to merge its diamond properties with those of an unlisted company.

Licensing bottleneck in Pretoria
Posted: 07 Jul 2005 - | Government holding up granting of new order prospecting licenses

Trawling through the paper trail
Posted: 07 Jul 2005 - | The pace of issuing mining license conversions has raised the ire of the local mining industry. In a Miningmx exclusive, we publish a comprehensive regional breakdown of these statistics as supplied by the DME.

The big earners
Posted: 06 Jul 2005 - | A snapshot look at how much cash some of the world's biggest mining houses take home every day. Brace yourself.

The dragon’s tail
Posted: 05 Jul 2005 - | PwC expects the world's commodity boom to continue into 2006. The MD of JP Morgan Chase is equally as bullish. How long can China continue to fire up the mining industry?

'We’re not fat cats' - Mvela
Posted: 04 Jul 2005 - | Mvela says empowerment can be too thinly spread and CEO Pine Pienaar says that perceptions of companies' share of the empowerment pie tend to swing like a pendulum.

Uranium glowing brightly
Posted: 04 Jul 2005 - | Renewed interest in uranium, the driving forces behind it and what that means for Aflease and SA's Pebble Bed Modular Reactor.

Foreward - by Sandile Nogxina
Posted: 04 Jul 2005 - | Commenting in his foreward for the Mining Yearbook 2005, Sandile Nogxina, Director-general of the Minerals & Energy Department assures miners there'll be no more delays in the licensing process.