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Glasenberg’s rebuffs calls to lift Xstrata bid

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Glencore's Ivan Glasenberg said he hoped people would review the numbers and see his firm's $36.3bn bid for Xstrata truly represented a merger of equals.

Tsvangirai condemns Zim indigenisation

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Zimbabweans didn't have the resources to buy the equity on offer in terms of that country's indigenisation strategy, said prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai.

SA Govt adopting subtle pro-business stance

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Behind the massive infrastructure drive that was recently announced in South Africa is an evolving strategy that going pro-business is the only way to create jobs.

Coking coal, copper markets ‘tight’: Rio

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Rio Tinto says the markets for copper and coking coal would remain 'tight' although it could not rule out continued volatility.

Malema expelled from ANC

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Julius Malema was found to have 'reneged on his membership' oath and was therefore expelled from the ANC, the ruling party said last night.

CoM lauds Shabangu in rankings success

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Bheki Sibiya, CEO of the Chamber of Mines of South Africa, said South Africa's much improved ranking in the Fraser Institute study into political risk was down to the efforts of mines minister, Susan Shabangu.

Anglo dismisses Amplats demerger speculation

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Anglo American is assessing the entire business chain in platinum production including recycling, downstream and upstream activities and marketing ... but it will not sell or demerge Amplats.

Tanzania moves to aid small scale miners

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Tanzania's government has allocated just over 100,00 hectares of land to its small scale mining industry.

ARM, Vale may spend $500m to double Konkola

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ARM Executive Chairman, Patrice Motsepe, sounded an expansionary note at the group’s interim results, with the group’s Konkola copper joint venture looking to kick on in size.

Regulatory clock starts for Glencore and Xstrata

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The regulatory clock starts ticking on commodities trader Glencore's takeover of mining group Xstrata after notifying the European Commission of the proposed $90bn deal.