Africa’s ‘miner bashing’ plays to the popular heart
COMMENTING on a decision by the Tanzanian government to blockade gold-bearing concentrate produced from Acacia Mining’s Bulyanhulu and Buzwagi mines earlier this year, Investec...
MPRDA heading for same legal wrangling as Mining Charter
LEGAL experts have warned that amendments to the Minerals & Petroleum Resources Development Act – crucial for regulatory certainty in South Africa’s mining industry...
Zero sum game: Why the Mining Charter redraft has no winners
The third revision of the Mining Charter gazetted on June 15 sent shock waves through South Africa’s mining industry. The onerous set of new...
Political dysfunction to further weaken SA’s economy: Moody’s
POLITICAL dysfunction and a gradual weakening of institutional health would undermine the South African economy, said credit ratings agency, Moody's, which said both factors...
Kropz ices controversial Langebaan phosphate project
KROPZ, a private company aiming to establish a 1.5 million tonne per year phosphate fertiliser plant in the Western Cape, has suspended development of...
Ivan the trader doesn’t dream about building mines
IT'S probably just coincidence and most likely doesn't stand for very much, but I thought it's interesting Glencore's board consists largely of accountants. There...
The day Anglo’s Cutifani proved his detractors wrong
AT one point during Anglo American’s interim results presentation last month, a question posed by the audience called for interaction between three of the...
Glencore thrives amid “best commodity market in six years”
GLENCORE delivered as widely expected for the six months ended June 30 declaring a $500m dividend after hauling in net debt a further $1.6bn...
Chamber lays into Zwane for serving narrow economic interests
SOUTH Africa's Chamber of Mines responded to accusations by mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, that it was opposed to economic transformation, claiming the redrafted Mining...
Zwane launches counter-attack saying Charter must be flexible
SOUTH African mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, has argued in an answering affidavit submitted to the Pretoria High Court that the Mining Charter was not...