South32 shoots the lights out and there’s more to come
The March quarterly report from South32 shows the group is hitting its operational and financial straps at the same time as the prices for...
US sanctions on Russia boost nickel and aluminium prices
The beneficial fallout on certain commodities from US sanctions on giant Russian aluminum producer Rusal - and possible action against Norilsk Nickel - ...
Pallinghurst’s pesky discount to net asset value stays put
Pallinghurst Resources made a net profit of $45m in the year to end-December - marginally up on the $44.6m made in financial 2016 -...
Hulme Scholes gets back on the DMR’s mining charter case
Mining lawyer Hulme Scholes has resumed his campaign to have South Africa’s Mining Charter scrapped in its entirety more than a year after...
MPRD Amendment bill to rear its troublesome head again
THE hullabaloo created by the Mining Charter in the last month has distracted attention from the equally important issue of the Minerals & Petroleum...
Kore Potash opens door on new kind of strategic commodity
FOOD security is an increasingly interesting prospect for investors. According to Ian Harebottle, CEO of Kropz, farmers are expected to produce more food over...
SA mining cannot keep relying on courts to regulate industry
THE recent judgment in the court case between the Chamber of Mines and the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) over the once-empowered, always-empowered principle...
Mantashe won’t appeal High Court finding as focus falls on “80%...
SOUTH Africa mines minister, Gwede Mantashe, declared the negotiating team discussing changes to the country's Mining Charter was "80% there", and would be concluded...
Mantashe looms large over first – positive – Charter meeting
THE first report back from the stakeholders negotiating the Mining Charter is due on April 10 so it's probably worth setting down some preliminary...
Mantashe embarks on complex Mining Charter community talks
SOUTH African mines minister, Gwede Mantashe, begins a nine province process of consultation with the communities regarding a re-write of the Mining Charter, starting...