Cash flush mining fails to woo investors who are deterred by...
DIVIDENDS have never been higher and growth capital at some $57bn last year represented the first increase in five years, but the world's mining sector...
Mantashe renews defence of coal, urges investors to weigh CGS’s new...
SOUTH African mines minister, Gwede Mantashe, sought to broaden the debate about the prospects for the country's electricity utility, Eskom, to one regarding 'energy...
Kenmare gives nod to $106m plant move as part of one...
KENMARE Resources has given the long-expected approval to capital spend of some $106m for the relocation of its Wet Concentrator Plant (WCP) B - the...
South Africa’s Transnet wins court approval to stop ports strike
STRIKE action at some of South Africa's ports with potential to disrupt coal exports was narrowly avoided on May 29 after Transnet won a...
Ramaphosa reappoints Gwede Mantashe, but adds energy to mines minister’s portfolio
SOUTH African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, kept a steady hand on key cabinet positions today unveiling a national executive of the country's sixth administration in...
DRC’s Tshisekedi talks anti-corruption as seeks to repair IMF relationship
SIGNS that Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) president, Felix Tshisekedi, is interested in reform were in evidence yesterday when he met with the Washington-based...
Optimum and Koornfontein coal mines up for grabs
Optimum Coal Mine together with Optimum Coal Terminal and the independent Koornfontein Mines, in Mpumalanga are now up for sale within strict parameters as...
Tanzania to begin redistributing fallow mining land to small-scale miners
EFFORTS to reform Tanzania's minerals sector continued apace, according to Reuters which said the East African country would begin cancelling inactive mining exploration licences...
Dollar crunch and power cuts hurt Zimbabwe’s miners in the first...
A CURRENCY crunch and the first effects of the latest round of power cuts made their presence felt in Zimbabwe's mining sector in the...
Gordhan tells Minerals Council to abandon Charter court bid in favour...
SOUTH Africa’s public enterprises minister, Pravin Gordhan, revealed an embarrassingly shallow understanding on Tuesday evening of the mining industry’s multi-year struggle for policy certainty.
Asked...