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.
Xstrata sponsors UP engineering faculty
Xstrata is investing R19.5m in the training of engineers at the University of Pretoria, says the company.
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.
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.
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.