The day Bernard Swanepoel met his comedic match
I DO love a good mining conference and the Junior Indaba is as good as they come thanks in large part to chairman Bernard...
“I sell hope, not hard fact; I sell mystery, not history”...
SERIAL mining entrepreneur, John Teeling, who has listed a string of companies on London’s AIM market, delivered the lowdown on the mining exploration business...
Activist officials, lack of institutional memory subvert DMR
UNCERTAINTY is baked into the Mining Charter because it allows too much discretion to activist officials which the impending third version of the Charter...
Mathews Phosa condemns dictatorial mining charter redraft
MATHEWS Phosa, the former Mpumalanga premier and ANC treasurer who is expected to run for the presidency of the ruling party later this year,...
Stuart Chambers to succeed John Parker in Anglo chairmanship
ANGLO American said it had appointed Stuart Chambers (61) as its chairman who will succeed Sir John Parker who is to step down from...
Time for DMR to dispense with old era BEE ownership targets
MINING shares of all stripes are certain to be affected if mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, makes good on a promise to gazette a "revolutionary"...
Cash evaporates at Oakbay as IDC debt repayment looms
CASH resources at Oakbay Resources And Energy evaporated during in the 12 months ended February, but the company insisted it remained a going concern.
Cash...
CoM not met with DMR for two months despite charter imminence
THE Chamber of Mines (CoM) had not met with the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) for two months regarding the mining charter despite the...
Pallinghurst launches bold restructure with $150m Gemfields buyout
PALLINGHURST Resources is to buyout minority shareholders in UK-listed gemstones company, Gemfields, by offering $150m in its shares in a transaction that marks the...
Mining Charter 3 may not see light of day in 2017
A PRESENTATION by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) to the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources earlier this week in South Africa's parliament suggested...