SIMS report a worry, but navigable

by David McKay | 10-Feb-12 10:23 | add a comment

The State Intervention in Mining Sector (SIMS) report is high on ideology but thin on practicalities, and assumes industry redistribution legislation hasn’t existed for a decade. Read ›

Wesizwe targets cash-producing PGM assets

by David McKay | 08-Feb-12 17:28 | add a comment

Jianke Gao, CEO of Wesizwe Platinum, has spoken of his interest in resolving the ‘dangerous’ situation of remaining a one project company. Read ›

Ivanplats makes major copper strike in DRC

by Brendan Ryan | 08-Feb-12 12:19 | add a comment

Robert Friedland reckons his Ivanplats group has found a new copper deposit in the DRC that rivals the massive Oyu Tolgoi deposit in Mongolia. Read ›

Robert Friedland goes for Platreef project

by Brendan Ryan | 08-Feb-12 11:22 | add a comment

Mining industry entrepreneur and showman Robert Friedland continues his long-running “dance of the seven veils” over the Ivanplats platinum project in Limpopo. Read ›

Anglo supportive of 'visible' tax review

by David McKay | 07-Feb-12 15:32 | add a comment

Anglo American welcomed government’s decision to abandon nationalisation in favour of a potential rewrite of the industry’s tax regime – a path the miner said was “positive” and “visible”. Read ›

Shabangu hangs tough on mine safety

by Brendan Ryan | 07-Feb-12 11:23 | add a comment

Minister of Mineral Resources Susan Shabangu took a tough line on mine safety at the Mining Indaba, but said a task team had been set up to look into industry complaints. Read ›

'We won't be bullied,' says Anglo's Gomwe

by David McKay | 07-Feb-12 10:52 | add a comment

Anglo American SA Executive Director, Godfrey Gomwe, said his company will not be bullied in its dispute with Chile’s state-owned copper producer, Codelco. Read ›

Eskom's coal supply gets priority

by Brendan Ryan | 07-Feb-12 10:50 | add a comment

Coal has been selected as one of the five key minerals which will be part of the government’s beneficiation strategy, because of its strategic importance to Eskom. Read ›