Gold sector can expect gold merger activity in lieu of exploration...
PIERRE Lassonde, a veteran gold miner and chairman of Franco Nevada, said mergers in the global gold industry were a likelihood as reserves of...
Mick Davis plots second comeback with exploration fund targeting industrial materials
MICK Davis, the former CEO of Xstrata who in 2017 closed mining fund, X2 Resources, after its backers failed to agree on investment targets,...
Rio extends postponement of bonuses to former CEO whilst Simandou probe...
RIO Tinto has extended the postponement of bonus payments to its former CEO, Sam Walsh, whilst regulators continue an investigation regarding payments made to...
Fears high that Kabila will run DRC via proxy if Shadary...
CITIZENS of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were "bracing for violence" this weekend, the time set aside for national elections and potentially the...
Vedanta’s Agarwal aims at investment of $8bn over next three years
VEDANTA would invest about $8bn over the next three years in order to increase its production of oil, aluminium and zinc, said Bloomberg News...
Abel Malinga quits IDC on grounds of ill-health
Abel Malinga, 53, who has headed the Industrial Development Corporation’s mining and metals division since 2011, has resigned on the grounds of ill-health.
He has...
The penny drops for Mines Minister Gwede Mantashe
It was a brief and, apparently, “off the cuff” speech - because no official version has yet been put up on the Department of...
The DMR will appeal the Xolobeni High Court ruling on mining...
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) will appeal the High Court judgement in favour of the Xolobeni community which ruled the DMR must obtain...
Miners exercise restraint, but can counter-cyclical investing be institutionalised?
ASK most investment professionals operating in the metals and mining market, and they’ll say the world’s mining companies have tended to go with the flow.
When...
Mantashe crosses swords with Spoor after DMR postpones Xolobeni meeting
SOUTH African mines minister, Gwede Mantashe, postponed a visit to the Xolobeni community in the country's Eastern Cape on December 9 which was earlier...