John Parker to vacate Anglo American chair this year
JOHN Parker, the UK industrialist who fired Anglo American CEO, Cynthia Carroll, replacing her with Australian, Mark Cutifani, is to step down from the...
Anglo soapie Makarapa City seeks to tap community mind
FIFI has just been on the phone to her daughter, Lala, who’s wished her mother a happy wedding anniversary. But she can’t talk long:...
Zuma to resuscitate state-owned mining bill this year
PARTICIPATION of the South African state in its mining industry would be strengthened with a bill that would create a standalone government-owned mining company...
New technology tipped to save 200,000 SA mining jobs by 2025
INVESTING in technology that extended reserve and resource life could save some 200,000 jobs that might be lost by 2025 in South Africa's mining...
Mining Charter’s day in High Court snared by technicalities
SOUTH Africa’s High Court has reserved judgement on an application by mining lawyer Hulme Scholes to have the country’s Mining Charter declared invalid, but...
Rigid, reductive, restrictive BEE must end, says Exxaro’s Mgojo
EXXARO Resources CEO, Mxolisi Mgojo, has called for a different approach to black economic empowerment (BEE) in which a more flexible measure of assessing...
Anglo’s Cutifani blasts notion of white monopoly capital
THE next three to four months would be among the most important in the 150-year history of mining in South Africa, said Mark Cutifani,...
CoM confirms talks on mining charter practicalities with Zwane
SOUTH Africa's Chamber of Mines said it had had two detailed meetings with senior members of the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) this year,...
Glencore due for re-rate after “no surprises” output numbers
GLENCORE delivered production numbers in line with guidance with key metals copper and zinc down year-on-year owing to production cuts, while coal was also...
Nedbank warns DMR discretion opens the door to ‘lawfare’
NEDBANK Capital's Paul Miller may have just hit the nail on the head with respect to the risk attached to new investment in South...