Risk, volatility return as metals market fractures
Commodity markets would become less uniform in their influences as supply factors muddled delivery patterns, said Kevin Norrish of Barclays Research.
Master Drilling shrugs off mining malaise
Master Drilling Group said it had racked up strong revenue figures in a year when the world's mining companies have implemented austerity measures.
SA mining CEOs you can’t ignore
These four mining company CEOs are likely to hog the news for the remainder of 2013. Here's why.
Zuma urges expeditious, fair wage talks
South African president Jacob Zuma said in an emergency briefing that labour and mining companies must conduct wage negotiations fairly in order to retain jobs.
Shabangu to rehabilitate view of SA mining
Susan Shabangu, mines minister, said stakeholders in the South African mining industry would set about rehabilitating the country's international perception.
The gold price 100 years from now will be …
Predicting metals prices is an impossible job, but at least we can say with certainty cycles will always be vicious, unheralded, and predicated on population growth
Zuma stages timely wage crisis intervention
South African president Jacob Zuma has called on traditional leaders to pare worker expectations regarding wage increases or risk wrecking the country's economy.
Don’t panic, it’s just the mining cycle
There's a lot of long faces in the mining industry, but shouldn't we expect spending cuts and plummeting stock prices? This is after all, a fundamentally cyclical market.
Metmar through the worst of volatile market
Metmar CEO, David Ellwood, believes the metals trading company is through the worst of a difficult market in which he acknowledges his firm was too defensive.
Davis appoints Goldman Sachs
Mick Davis has appointed Goldman Sachs to assist him in creating a private equity
company, according to report in the Sunday Times.