Transnet investigating contractor sabotage as factor in spate of coal derailments
IS the cable theft for which some Transnet employees have been arrested part of a sinister, systematic attempt to extort the state-owned company?
That's one...
Transnet says “things have to change” after coal derailment triggers urgent...
TRANSNET, South Africa's state-owned freight and logistics company, is to review all recent train derailments as it sought to "identify trends" amid a declaration...
Mining proving a critical support to Covid-19 hit South African economy
SOUTH Africa's mining sector, criticised in the past for its human and environmental abuses, is proving to be a key support in the country's...
Key witness says Anglo knew employees were at risk of lead...
A DOCTOR who worked at Kabwe in Zambia at the time Anglo American was invested in a nearby lead mine said the UK group...
Glencore unveils new chairman after Tony Hayward announces retirement end-July
GLENCORE chairman since its 2011 UK listing, Tony Hayward, is to retire from the mining group's board at the end of July, it was...
Rio Tinto shuts RBM, declares force majeure on contracts as security...
RIO Tinto has stopped production at its 74%-owned Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) and declared force majeure on customer contracts owing to the deteriorating security...
Bank warns mining’s cash surplus, bumper returns as good as it...
MINING majors such as Anglo American, Glencore, and BHP are set to report record earnings but bumper dividends they pay may be a case...
Sibanye-Stillwater accredited to dispense Covid-19 vaccines as third wave tears through...
SIBANYE-Stillwater said it hoped to immunise up to 330,000 people drawn from its employee complement, employee families, and "door step" communities against Covid-19 after...
BHP to double exploration spend as ups search for base metals
BHP would double its exploration spending for base metals within five years, the group's chief technical officer, Laura Tyler told Reuters.
Tyler acknowledged the group...
ChromeSA fails to win ear of Competition Commission in controversial export...
SOUTH Africa's chrome ore industry has failed in its attempt to win an exemption from the Competition Commission that would have enabled it to...