Australia releases mine tax draft
Australia's government has released draft legislation for its controversial mining profits tax, keeping the 30% rate and says resource firms will be able to push for more changes.
Exxaro gets interdict to stop strike
Exxaro has been granted a temporary interdict prohibiting workers from striking.
Chamber objects to Eskom, Transnet changes
The Chamber of Mines says it is "deeply concerned' about the removal of Eskom’s chairperson, as well as suggestions that Transnet’s chair is also on his way out.
Beneficiation now official policy, says Manyi
Cabinet has approved mineral beneficiation as policy for South Africa, says spokesperson Jimmy Manyi.
Mines DG to step down, says Shabangu
The director general of the department of mineral resources, Sandile Nogxina, will step down at the end of June to take early retirement, says Mines Minister Susan Shabangu.
Malema targets mines in new film
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema says in a new documentary that SA's mines must be nationalised to return mineral wealth - stolen by white colonists - to the black majority.
Govt revokes Wild Coast mining rights
Minerals and Energy Minister Susan Shabangu withdrew a company's rights to mine heavy minerals on the Wild Coast after it failed to consult with the local community.
Exxaro workers plan strike
More than 7 000 workers at Exxaro may strike over plans to rationalise the business.
Ever-deeper gold still costs lives
The massive drill is deafening as it bores into the rock of the world's deepest mine where heat and humidity sap the strength of gold miners who never know when the next rock fall might kill or maim.
PwC: Mining taxes a minefield
Ongoing increases in commodity prices and the growing bottom lines of resources companies juxtaposed against struggling or still recovering economies has heightened the call for mineral tax to be reviewed in many countries.