Africa drives Master Drilling full-year figures
Master Drilling lifted headline share earnings a third year-on-year thanks to a strong performance from its Africa division.
Eskom confirms equity talks with boiler suppliers
Eskom confirmed it had offered a renewal of boiler-serve contracts to three suppliers in return for a 30% equity share in the business relationship.
Glencore cuts job losses at Optimum
Glencore reduced the number of job losses at its Optimum mine to 380 employees after initially estimating 1,000 positions were at risk.
Gold miners prefer bite-sized risk
The world's gold mining firms were preferring bite-sized investments owing to the risk presented by the low gold price environment.
SA PGM output to fall: Norilsk Nickel
Production of platinum group metals in South Africa would fall in the future owing to under investment, said the Russian miner.
Universal Coal readies NCC for production
Universal Coal also said it produced 686,900 run-of-mine tonnes from its Kangala colliery in Mpumalanga province during the third quarter.
QKR sells 7.5% in Navachab to Epangelo
QKR Corporation, founded by former banker Lloyd Pengilly, has sold a 7.5% stake in its recently purchased Navachab mine to Namibia's Epangelo Mining.
Norilsk seals $337m exit from Africa
Russia's Norilsk has concluded a strategy of exiting from its African business after agreeing to sell nickel assets for $337m to Botswana's BCL.
Eskom credit downgrade deepens crisis
Standard & Poor's downgraded Eskom's credit to junk status which will make it tougher to raise debt - a development that only deepens the power crisis in SA.
Skweyiya questions PetroSA appointment
The appointment of Tshepo Kgadima to the board of PetroSA has been questioned by a former business associate, Zola Skweyiya.