Malema: Minister must prep mines
Minerals Minister Susan Shabangu has to start preparing the mining sector "psychologically" for nationalisation, says ANC Youth League president Julius Malema.
Num rejects 4% wage hike offer
The National Union of Mineworkers has rejected a 4% pay rise offer from gold companies.
MPs pinpoint three acid drainage mines
Parliamentarians examining the environmental threat of acid mine water on the Witwatersrand are focusing their attention on three mines.
State allowed to appeal rights ruling
The state has been granted leave to appeal a high court ruling that some provisions of the minerals act amount to the expropriation of mineral rights.
More Zambian miners face tax queries
Zambia's finance minister says audits have highlighted tax "issues" with mining assets owned by Vedanta Resources, First Quantum Minerals as well as Glencore.
Tanzanian MPs back mineral super tax plan
Tanzania's parliament has approved a $27.4bn five-year development plan, backing the proposed introduction of a super-profit tax on mining companies.
Zim indigenisation laws ‘to carry on’
The scathing attack by Zimbabwe’s parliament on the country’s indigenisation laws should not be interpreted as the end of the controversial legislation, says a mining industry official.
‘Serious discrepancies’ at Aurora
New liquidators have uncovered discrepancies between the assets handed to back Aurora's liquidators, and those given to Aurora when it made a R600m bid for the financially-striken Pamodzi Gold mines.
Glencore profits jump 45%
Commodities trader Glencore has seen operating profit grow 45% in the first quarter as market volatility boosted its marketing arm and says it sees demand for commodities remaining healthy.
Tanzania sets out plan for super tax
Tanzania will not unilaterally impose a proposed super profit tax on mining firms but will try to persuade existing firms to comply, says a senior government official.