TFR ups ante on mine to port deliveries
Transnet Freight Rail upped the ante in improving its mine to port minerals delivery rate telling miners trains would leave sidings even if wagons were not fully filled.
BHP suffers second defeat over power prices
A court has refused to grant BHP Billiton leave to appeal against a judgment which forces the group to disclose the prices it pays for electricity at its aluminium operations.
ANC slams Sexwale’s testimony
The ANC's national disciplinary committee has slammed the testimony provided by Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale at ANCYL leader Julius Malema's disciplinary hearing.
NPC urges caution on power carbon tax
It will make sense to introduce an economy-wide carbon tax - coupled with some conditional exemptions - says the National Planning Commission.
State intervention study complete
A study that took in state intervention in the mining economies of countries Venezuela, Malaysia, China and Zambia has been handed to the ANC's policy committee, a newspaper reported.
Beneficiation ‘no jobs panacea’
Beneficiation is not the solution to end all problems as far as job creation in the mining industry is concerned, says the National Planning Commission.
Nationalisation dead in water: Godsell
Bobby Godsell, speaking in Toronto, said nationalisation could not be afforded and required changing South Africa's Bill of Rights.
ANC cripples Malema nationalisation drive
Julius Malema, president of the ANC Youth League, has been suspended from the organisation for five years, raising questions about whether nationalisation will dominate its policy-making conference.
Julius Malema on full pay until appeal
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has to "vacate his position", says the party's national disciplinary committee.
Cabinet approves beneficiation guidelines
Cabinet has approved implementation plans for the minerals beneficiation strategy, says government spokesman Jimmy Manyi.