Sibanye Bold*
NEAL Froneman has never been known for reticence. At a time when the mining industry was debt-shy, Sibanye Gold moved in the opposite direction...
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...
Cash flush Glencore weighs dividend surprise, M&A options
ANALYSTS warmed to Glencore's bid for a 49% stake in Hunter Valley Operations (HVO), a coal mine in Australia's New South Wales, and also...
Phiri describes ANC Charter ‘help’ for Zwane as “encouraging”
OUTSPOKEN CEO of Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat), Steve Phiri, today welcomed comments by the African National Congress (ANC) that the mining sector ought not...
World’s diamond industry momentum beginning to normalise
AFTER a very strong recovery following an industry-wide inventory buildup in 2014-2015, and again after India's demonetisation in late-2016, the diamond industry’s momentum has...
Will BHP and others pay for ditching progressive dividends?
ONE of the observations regarding the investor activism being encountered by BHP – the mining firm that reaffirmed its Australian roots by dropping the...
How pernicious ideology is breaking SA’s mining sector
MARK Cutifani, CEO of Anglo American, one of South Africa's most important companies, once commented that empowerment deals ought to be allowed to fail,...
Cash flush South32 may be lining up a bumper dividend
SINCE reaching its best ever valuation since listing in mid-2015, shares in South32 have been under something of a correction, down about 13% between...
Reopening mothballed shafts may yield 250koz/year for Lonmin
LONMIN was studying the feasibility of reopening shafts that could yield between 200,000 to 250,000 ounces a year of platinum group metals (PGM), roughly...
Mining Charter 3 may not see light of day in 2017
A PRESENTATION by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) to the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources earlier this week in South Africa's parliament suggested...