Ivanhoe’s Friedland talks up new Limpopo resource saying it will dwarf...
IVANHOE Mines executive co-chairman Robert Friedland doubled down on comments he made last year about mineralisation adjacent to the firm's Platreef project in South...
SA’s junior mining sector has become a frightening pantomime
WHEN minerals lawyer Hulme Scholes took the stage at a junior mining conference earlier this month, nobody could have guessed what would happen next....
JSE flags fresh hope National Treasury will reconsider junior mining tax...
SOUTH Africa's National Treasury may look favourably on new proposals to introduce tax incentives in return for investment in the country's minerals exploration sector.
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Afrimat returns to construction materials roots with $6m Lafarge deal
AFRIMAT returned to its industrial roots announcing today an agreement to buy cement maker Lafarge South Africa for $6m.
Lafarge, which is currently owned by...
Anglo signs cooperation with China’s Jiangxi to improve provenance
ANGLO American and China's Jiangxi Copper Company today agreed to cooperate on improving the way copper is mined, processed and marketed.
Anglo said a memorandum...
Afrimat deal will add ‘little bit of diversification”, says CEO
AFRIMAT was working on a transaction aimed at "strengthening the business with a little bit of diversification added to it", said the firm's CEO...
Lack of governance on Transnet board “disturbs” top SA asset manager
ONE of South Africa's biggest institutional investors in the bond market FutureGrowth expressed its concern at poor governance at Transnet, the struggling state-owned rail...
Glencore to sell Viterra stake for $4.1bn after agribusiness agrees merger...
GLENCORE said today Viterra would merge with US firm Bunge Ltd, a transaction that would see Glencore receive $4.1bn for its 49.99% stake in...
Merafe announces plans to list on A2X
FERROCHROME producer Merafe Resources said today it would list its shares on the A2X from June 21 as a secondary listing.
The company, which is...
Glencore bid for Teck’s coal business invites more questions than answers
GLENCORE confirmed it had submitted a bid for the coking coal business of Teck Resources while saying it had not abandoned an earlier proposal...