People to watch: Sibanye CEO, Neal Froneman
Last year was active even by Sibanye Gold CEO, Neal Froneman's standards, but in 2016 analysts will want to see a focus on operational excellence.
People to watch: Anglo CEO, Mark Cutifani
2016 will be a critical year for Anglo American's Mark Cutifani where success will be measured on how quickly he can restructure the firm.
People to watch: Eskom CEO, Brian Molefe
South Africa's power utility company, Eskom, is an attention magnet and it's new CEO, Brian Molefe, is not a wallflower either. Expect fireworks.
What will happen with the carbon tax?
The question about the proposed carbon tax has moved on to the matter of not whether it will be levied, but how it will be applied.
What will happen to commodity prices?
The truth about commodity prices in 2015 is that no-one thought the deterioration would be as sharp ... and there's perhaps even less clarity in 2016.
DMR turmoil deepens as Ramontja quits
The resignation of Thibedi Ramontja, effective end-January, may be a reverberation from the change of mines minister in September.
Glasenberg renews call for lossmakers to shut
Ivan Glasenberg, CEO of Glencore, returned to a favourite theme of why mining firms continue to operate loss-making mines when closures would be easier.
Glencore to chase net debt down to $18bn
Glencore said it would chase net debt down to $18bn or $19bn by end-2016 and unveiled further capital expenditure cuts as low metal prices persisted.
Anglo’s Cutifani playing for time; praying for relief
Analysts emerged from a robust and sometimes brutal question and answer session after Anglo's investor day sceptical the restructuring went far enough.
Anglo culls dividend, plans 60% asset reduction
Anglo American would slash its asset base by 60% and cut capital spending a further $1bn as it redoubled its efforts to survive the metal downturn.