Reluctant boss, Venkat, was AngloGold’s change agent provocateur
For a person with an avowed dislike for change, it’s astonishing how much of it Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan (Venkat) has brought about at AngloGold Ashanti,...
Sibanye-Stillwater was not negligent on safety says Neal Froneman
Sibanye-Stillwater, the US and SA platinum group metals (PGM) and gold miner, does not expect to be fined by the SA regulators for safety...
Could Obuasi turn into AngloGold Ashanti’s version of South Deep?
It’s all systems go for AngloGold Ashanti’s $500m project to re-open the Obuasi mine in Ghana but Citigroup analyst Johann Steyn raised an unnerving...
Sibanye-Stillwater’s five-year glitch
Neal Froneman emerges from his office looking worse for wear. I remark so. "I’ve got a lot on my shoulders at the moment," he replies....
Harmony faces a crunch year as key decisions loom on Wafi-Golpu
The Wafi-Golpu copper/gold project in Papua New Guinea is a “game changer” for Harmony and will deliver for the group in the same way...
Venkat leaves AngloGold Ashanti satisfied that Obuasi is on track
Resolving the issues between AngloGold Ashanti and the Ghanaian government over the Obuasi mine was a critical development before Srinivasan “Venkat” Venkatakrishnan stepped down...
Harmony’s in race against time as suns sets over SA gold
HARMONY Gold CEO, Peter Steenkamp, has done better than many believed possible since he took over the troubled gold group in January 2016 with...
Does South Deep crisis close our eyes to the good in...
THE enigma concerning Gold Fields is this: how come a group with roots going back a century in deep-level gold mining in South Africa...
Harmony to book hefty R5.3bn impairment on ageing SA mines
REDUCED life of mine plans and uninspiring business conditions in South Africa are behind R5.3bn in impairments due to be booked by Harmony Gold...
Gold Fields confirms Ghana pressure for local minerals purchases
THE latest twist of the African resource nationalisation screw may be coming from Ghana where the government intends enforcing the purchase of up to...