Village bags R413m, special dividend likely
As suggested before, Village Main would most likely pay out a special dividend
from the First Uranium asset sales that net R413m for Bernard Swanepoel’s
company.
Namaqualand deal ‘progressing’, says Trans Hex
Trans Hex said discussions were ongoing to buy De Beers Consolidated Mines'
Namaqualand Mines, a transaction first opened nearly a year ago.
Exxaro forms IPP with India’s Tata Power
Exxaro Resources has taken its first steps in developing an energy division by
forming a joint venture to establish an independent power producer with
India’s Tata Power.
Gold One offers $70m for First Uranium’s Ezulwini
Gold One gives further signal it wants uranium as well as gold exposure after
concluding its second uranium deal in the last 12 months.
AngloGold in $335m First Uranium swoop
AngloGold Ashanti's offer, if approved, will take gold production some 80,000
oz/year higher in the short term, and uranium output to 4.5 million pounds
annually.
Implats lost revenue escalates to R2.5bn
Impala Platinum said some 120,000 oz in production had been lost following a
crippling strike equal to R2.4bn in lost revenue.
SA Govt adopting subtle pro-business stance
Behind the massive infrastructure drive that was recently announced in South
Africa is an evolving strategy that going pro-business is the only way to create
jobs.
First Quantum’s Kansanshi grinds to halt
Operations at First Quantum Minerals' Kansanshi, a copper mine in Zambia, have
been halted as labour demands 17% higher wages.
Tsvangirai condemns Zim indigenisation
Zimbabweans didn't have the resources to buy the equity on offer in terms of that
country's indigenisation strategy, said prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
Mozambique rejects Rio barging plan
Plans by Rio Tinto to barge coking coal mined from its Riversdale operation down
Mozambique's Zambezi river have been scotched by the country's government.