Rio Tinto blunder likely to be game changer for global mining...
AN accident in which Rio Tinto destroyed ancient caves in Australia is likely to have far-reaching consequences for the mining sector, said Bloomberg News.
Rio...
Vedanta said to be upsizing $2.5bn loan in order to complete...
VEDANTA, which is mining the Gamsberg zinc deposit in South Africa, planned to increase a $2.5bn loan by $250m in order to delist its...
SA has no plans to increase corporate tax or VAT, Tito...
SOUTH Africa did not plan to increase corporate, value-added tax (VAT) or income tax, said Bloomberg News which reported on a meeting between finance...
Seriti’s Teke says firm sees “immense opportunities” in chrome, manganese, iron...
MIKE Teke, CEO of Seriti Resources, said his company was interested in diversifying the firm's portfolio which is currently concentrated on thermal coal.
The company...
Immigration staff shortage proving bottleneck for returning migrant mine labour
THE return to work of some 9,500 foreign mineworkers needed to get South Africa’s mines back to full production is being held up by...
Mboweni warns SA’s public finances “dangerously over-stretched” as Govt. looks to...
SOUTH African finance minister, Tito Mboweni, intended to narrow the country's account deficit and stabilise debt by 2023/2024, but he also warned that "public...
Report calls for caution on sea floor mining until information is...
AN international panel warned that mining the sea floor should not proceed until more information was obtained about its impact on the environment.
Citing a...
Illegal mining on the rise following easing in lockdown regulations, say...
SOUTH African police say there has been a surge in illegal mining since the country eased lockdown regulations, according to a report by EyeWitness...
COVID-19 may hasten localisation of SA mining sector government so cravenly...
LOCALISATION in South Africa's mining sector is a controversial subject. The country's government has increasingly asked for it, making procurement from local firms a...
Switzerland’s office of attorney-general opens criminal investigation of Glencore
GLENCORE'S probity will fall under the glare of authorities in its home country after Switzerland's Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) launched a criminal investigation...