SA improves its ranking in Fraser survey
SA has improved its rating in the authoritative survey prepared by Canada’s Fraser
Institute, even though fears over policy changes and labour militancy have escalated.
DMR approves Petmin’s sale of SamQuarz
Petmin says it has received permission from the Department of Mineral Resources for the sale of the SamQuarz silica mine to Thaba Chueu.
BHP to halt Australia manganese facility
BHP Billiton will suspend production at its TEMCO manganese alloy smelter in Tasmania, Australia, by early to mid-March and conduct a review of the business.
Carbon tax from 2013
Government is looking to introduce a carbon tax next year to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions.
Infrastructure key in Gordhan’s budget
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has given Mintek and the Council for Geoscience a
welcome shot in the arm, but the main theme of the budget was continued spending
on infrastructure.
Pan African sticks to its SA knitting
Pan African Resources CEO Jan Nelson says South Africa is still the best country in
Africa in which to develop and run the kind of mining projects he’s looking for.
Implats says strike to cut April deliveries 50%
Impala Platinum has warned customers that its April platinum deliveries will be down about 50% due to labour problems at its Rustenburg mine.
Xstrata sponsors UP engineering faculty
Xstrata is investing R19.5m in the training of engineers at the University of Pretoria, says the company.
Platinum: Where to from here?
The worst may be over for platinum stocks, but they will probably bump along the
bottom for most of this year. Yet, there may be a means of playing a sector.
Petmin pens new deal with Grindrod
Petmin has signed a five-year agreement to export up to 600,000 tonnes of anthracite per year from the Grindrod Terminals Kusasa dry bulk facility in Richards Bay.