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Northam Platinum wary on metal price recovery

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NORTHAM Platinum has poured cold water on current buoyant conditions in the platinum market where the platinum price has jumped more than 30% in recent...

Minerals Council hoping to avoid MPRD legal tussle

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NEITHER the Minerals Council nor the Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources (DPMR) wants to end up in court over the latest proposed amendments to...

Thungela CEO upbeat despite coal price slide

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THUNGELA Resources level-pegged on coal export volumes for the six months to end-June but earnings were clobbered by lower export prices which dropped 11%...

Sibanye-Stillwater takes knock as US to phase out PGM credit

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SIBANYE-Stillwater will report sharply higher headline profits for the six months to end-June but will still record a basic earnings loss because of impairment...

Anglo favours De Beers buyer with industry experience

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WHEN Gareth Penny ended his 22-year career at De Beers in 2010, the company was only just emerging from the tumult of the global...

Global shocks have debunked the peak coal myth

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THE world burns nearly double the amount of coal today compared to 2000, and four times the amount consumed in 1950. Every minute, 16,700...

South32 warns no way back for Mozal after March shuttering

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SOUTH32 was "ready and willing" to resume discussions on a new power tariff for its Mozal aluminium smelter scheduled to close in March, but...

Are banks becoming coal-curious? Mike Teke thinks so

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ONE sign coal's reputation is being gradually rehabiliated is that banks and insurers are becoming interested in the the mineral again. "I think people are...

South32 to mothball Mozal after drawing blank on power deal

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SOUTH32 is to start winding down operations at the Mozal Aluminium smelter in Mozambique in anticipation of the operation being placed on care and...

Copper 360’s ‘make or break’ year turns to ‘break’

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This time last year Miningmx commented that 2025 would be a ‘make or break’ year for Northern Cape junior miner Copper 360 and, unfortunately,...