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by David McKay | 14 Mar 2010 - comment here

Gordhan Pravin Finance minister Pravin Gordhan has handed mining financiers a major fillip in his first budget speech, writes David McKay. Read ›
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    The move for size in the diversified mining sector is likely to continue but option value is becoming increasingly important. Read ›

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    by David McKay | 28-Feb-10 10:59 | comment here

    Barrick Gold is chasing the London investor, that highly captive audience Randgold Resources has commanded for years. And what chance Kumba Iron Ore can successfully lift pricing of iron ore to Arcelo Read ›
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    Anglo propping up group of six

    by David McKay | 23-Dec-09 14:39 | comment here

    Anglo American is currently valued bottom of the big six mining firms in the world with Anglo Platinum's 'stubbornly high' costs named as its key weakness. Read ›

    BEE imbroglio to inform charter debate

    by David McKay | 18-Dec-09 08:00 | comment here

    The Wesizwe Platinum and Simmer & Jack Mines board struggles won't go unnoticed when government sits down to discuss potentially radical changes to empowerment legislation in the mining industry next Read ›

    Fear and worry, the calling cards of the gold lover

    by Richard Quest | 13-Oct-09 13:49 | 3 comments

    I have always been a bit suspicious of those people who put their faith in gold, writes CNN's Richard Quest. Read ›

    Numsa's Nazi tactics

    by Jan de Lange | 13-Oct-09 13:13 | comment here

    Brute dictatorship won't solve the labour broking issue. Read ›

    Vulisango versus Simmers

    by Brendan Ryan | 21-Sep-09 17:44 | 2 comments

    The renewed conflict between Simmers top management and black economic empowerment partner Vulisango needs to be resolved rapidly before real damage is done to the business. Read ›

    Impala warns of 'toughest time'

    by David Mckay | 15-Sep-09 09:14 | comment here

    Impala Platinum CEO David Brown was not mincing his words when he said the next 24 months would be the most difficult he'd had at the company, writes David McKay. Read ›

    Central Rand Gold to be avoided

    by Brendan Ryan | 11-Sep-09 13:23 | 3 comments

    Since the early Eighties many mining entrepreneurs have tried to make money by reopening old gold mines on the Witwatersrand. Only one has ever succeeded. And that was temporary. Read ›

    Are miners being shafted?

    by Sikonathi Mantshantsha | 14-Aug-09 15:36 | 4 comments

    Num secretary general Frans Baleni and mining journalist Brendan Ryan face off over the issue of mine safety. Read ›
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