Leon rails against misunderstood mining charter
The mining charter wasn't only about transfer of mining company ownership, said Peter Leon of Webber Wentzel who added that the charter was also about improving procurement and living conditions.
Sentula tightens belt in contracting business
The deterioration in the South African mining business created hazards and opportunities for Sentula's contracting business while its exploration unit had been downscaled.
Gold Fields returns Chucapaca to drawing board
Gold Fields' ambition to give geographic diversity to its gold production suffered a setback when its Peru mine, Chucapaca, was found to have failed investment tests.
Harry Winston swoops on BHP’s Ekati
Harry Winston Diamond Mines completed its swoop on BHP Billiton's $750m a year Ekati diamond mine in a deal value at $500m.
Amplats breaks 8-week strike with new offer
Anglo American Platinum ended a miserable flow of bad news late Wednesday saying workers were likely to accept a freshly revised pay offer.
Anglo declares capex blow out at Minas Rio
More bad news for Anglo American's Minas Rio project with capital costs ballooning to $8bn and analyst expectations first production won't be before 2015.
Intimidation rife as Amplats extends wage offer
Intimidation by people not employed by Anglo American Platinum was a major cause for the continuance of the strike at the platinum firm's operations, now into its eighth week.
SA platinum slide takes market into deficit
South African platinum production would be 300,000 ounces lower in 2012, said Johnson Matthey helping the market swing into a remarkable 400,000 oz deficit.
Lonmin urges support for $800m rights offer
Lonmin said its future was in jeopardy unless shareholders supported its refinancing, due for a shareholder vote on November 19. Crucially, it kept the door open to Xstrata.
China may raise gold holdings, says LBMA
China has only 2% of reserves in gold, compared to 75% in the US, a difference that
is bound to be narrowed, the London Bullion Market Association said.