MPRDA nudged to upper house with constitutionality untested
AMENDMENTS to South Africa's Minerals & Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA), which have been sitting in the country's parliament for nearly two years, will...
SA’s mining bosses defend multi-million rand pay cheques
AN audience poll at the Joburg Indaba conference earlier this month found that 53.4% of those who attended – around several hundred – thought...
Build, buy or return: what will global miners do with their...
THE unexpected upturn in commodity prices this year has provided a "short-term window of opportunity of about six to nine months" to the global...
South32 grows cash to $551m in September quarter
SOUTH32 took net cash to more than half a billion dollars following another quarter of strong cash generation as well as registering improvements in...
Miners join business and civil society in condemning Gordhan summons
SOUTH Africa's Chamber of Mines said it was "deeply concerned" about the state of public institutions, a matter it promised to raise with the...
SA Govt concerned about “relentless attacks” on Zuma by gold firms
THE South African government has expressed concern regarding "relentless public attacks" on President Jacob Zuma by gold mining firms AngloGold Ashanti and Sibanye Gold.
In...
Fund managers, analysts weigh political risk in SA mining
THE undue influence of politics on South African mining was highlighted by fund managers and analysts at the Joburg Indaba today, but Allan Gray...
Manuel says DMR must “clean up act” as Cape project wins...
FORMER finance minister, Trevor Manuel, has demanded the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) "clean up its act" referring specifically to the controversial granting of...
Pityana dubs Zuma “sponsor of corruption” in breathtaking attack
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti chairman, Sipho Pityana, today launched an all-out attack on President Jacob Zuma calling for his immediate departure from office and describing him...
Froneman delivers unflinching view of SA mining legacy, calls for rapprochement
SOUTH Africa's mining industry must acknowledge past deeds of inhumanity and immorality before it could shape a future in which it overcame the hostile...