Glencore elects book-build for equity issue
                Glencore would issue nearly 10% of its stock of which 78% would be through a book-build programme with management scooping the balance of the shares.            
            
        ANC policy review to test limits of SA mining
                The ANC's National General Council will discuss policies related to mining that continue to stretch the limits of what the sector can feasibly provide the economy.            
            
        11 mining firms join list of polluters: CER
                20 mining companies failed to honour environmental obligations showing that the JSE's Socially Responsible Investment Index was not fit for purpose.            
            
        Glencore to axe debt $10.2bn, cuts dividends
                Glencore to cut its next two dividends and issue equity in an effort to cut cash out by $10bn and lower net debt to the low $20s bn to protect its credit rating.            
            
        Glencore to relent on divvy if market lifts
                Glencore said it would not hesitate to restore dividends if the market Doomsday scenarios - as feared by some shareholders - failed to materialise.            
            
        ARM cuts capex R500m, defers Modikwa project
                African Rainbow Minerals is the latest of the world's mining companies to take the knife to its capital spend programme.            
            
        BHP Billiton bucks the trend
                BHP Billiton has increased its total dividend with CEO Andrew Mackenzie pointing out cyclical volatility is to be expected in the commodities business            
            
        Roger Kebble’s death marks the end of an era
                Those who knew Roger Kebble agree he was the "real deal" as a hard core gold miner but opinion is split over his involvement in son Brett's shenanigans.            
            
        DMR, CoM seek out of court charter settlement
                The Department of Mineral Resources and the Chamber of Mines of South Africa will discuss contentious interpretation of the mining charter out of the courts.            
            
        Anglo switch an emblem of industry in reverse
                While Anglo American's UK relocation is just an head office move, it represents how sharply the world's commodity markets, and China, have changed since 1999.            
            
         
             
		

















