SA to decide soon on nuclear, says Peters
South Africa will soon have to make a decision over whether to build the country’s next nuclear power station, says Energy Minister Dipuo Peters.
Beneficiation: All talk, no action
Mines Minister Susan Shabangu is under pressure to ensure her beneficiation policy
not only silences calls to nationalise mines, but also works in favour of securing
President Jacob Zuma a second term.
Lafarge-Anglo JV ‘threatens competition’
A JV between Anglo American and cement maker Lafarge will damage competition in the British market for construction materials, says the Competition Commission.
Brown ‘stunned’ as Kasukuwere stands by demands
Impala Platinum CEO, David Brown, admits being stunned by Zimbabwe
minister Saviour Kasukuwere’s demands that the firm dispose of its shareholding in
Mimosa Platinum.
Wesizwe’
-- FORMER Wesizwe CEO Arthur Mashiatshidi died on Saturday after a short illness, the company announced on Tuesday.
Wesizwe paid tribute to Mashiatshidi, saying...
Wesizwe’s former CEO Mashiatshidi dies
Former Wesizwe CEO Arthur Mashiatshidi has died after a short illness, the company says.
Rio Tinto to invest in driverless iron ore trains
Rio Tinto is investing $518m in driverless trains for its 1,500km Western Australian iron-ore rail network as the world no. 2 iron ore miner aims to boost output 60% by 2015.
IFM ponders Eskom buy-back offer
International Ferro Metals may soon join SA’s other ferro alloy producers by shutting
down furnaces in an allocation buy-back agreement with Eskom.
‘We will kill them if they go to work’
Impala Platinum has agreed to re-employ 17,200 workers who were dismissed for
striking illegally, but the company has yet to resolve the underlying reasons for the
strike.
Implats loses 80,000 oz to date at Rustenburg
Impala Platinum says the violent labour dispute at its flagship Rustenburg operations has cost it 80,000 ounces in lost production to date.