Glencore unlikely to bump Xstrata offer
Glencore will today address investors for the first time since unveiling plans for a
$90bn merger with Xstrata, an offer that is unlikely to be amended upwards,
analysts say.
Glasenberg’s rebuffs calls to lift Xstrata bid
Glencore's Ivan Glasenberg said he hoped people would review the numbers and see
his firm's $36.3bn bid for Xstrata truly represented a merger of equals.
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.
Mandela, Zuma to face criminal charges
Aurora’s Zondwa Mandela is to be served with papers that he defrauded the
JSE, says the Joint Provisional Liquidators of Pamodzi, who added Khulubuse
Zuma would also be in the firing line.
Impala’s Rustenburg resumes production
Impala had rehired 14,950 workers at its key Rustenburg mine which was ready to
restart production following a crippling six week strike which cost the operation
120,000 ounces of output.
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.
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.
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.
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.