Randgold Resources hangs hat on its edge in exploration
RANDGOLD Resources lifted the annual dividend 10% and said it would stand by its progressive dividend policy whilst stress in the gold industry would...
Ghana lowers tax as Gold Fields ponders Damang future
GHANA has agreed to lower the corporate tax and royalty rate for Gold Fields as the South African miner weighs a $100m expansion of...
Gold Fields’ R2.5bn book-build may presage other raisings
GOLD Fields is to issue shares worth R2.5bn which it will use to reduce debt after buying a portion of some $1bn (R15bn) in...
Amara Mining would resist higher takeover offer
AMARA Mining would be unlikely to recommend to shareholders a higher offer for the company because its proposed merger with Australian firm, Perseus Mining,...
‘Nick did the right thing by demerging Gold Fields’ mines’
BY all accounts Neal Froneman, CEO of Sibanye Gold and Gold Fields CEO, Nick Holland get on. They were colleagues once when Holland was...
Panaf’s Loots delivers mining rebuttal to his sceptics
PAN African Resources CEO, Cobus Loots, delivered the perfect riposte to those critics who doubted an accountant could run a gold mining company.
Scepticism about...
Sibanye’s Froneman bags R35.7m in share rewards
NEAL Froneman, CEO of Sibanye Gold, has reaped the rewards of a more than 300% improvement in the precious metal firm's share price since...
AngloGold’s Venkatakrishnan dampens dividend talk
AS a former director in the reorganisation services of auditing firm, Deloitte & Touche, it seems quite natural that Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan should be the...
Anglo, AngloGold in R464m out of court silicosis deal
ANGLO American South Africa (AASA) and AngloGold Ashanti have agreed to pay at least R464m in compensation to miners who allegedly contracted silicosis, a...
Sibanye weighing sub-Saharan gold expansion
Sibanye Gold reported a heavy decline in earnings for 2015 but a surprise 90c per share final dividend hints at confidence for 2016 amid stronger rand revenues.