Get a grip on reality – Motsepe
SA’s business community is impotent at affecting policy decisions - such as nationalisation - and needs to work at it, says ARM chairperson Patrice Motsepe.
Zimbabwe gives Rio ‘part approval’
Rio Tinto's Murowa diamond mine in Zimbabwe says it has been given "part approval" for its plan to comply with indigenisation legislation.
Nationalisation ‘put to bed’ in 2012
Investors will have clarity on nationalisation in SA by July next year, according to Sandile Nogxina, special advisor to Minister of Mineral Resources Susan Shabangu.
ARM boosts full-year profit, dividend
Diversified miner African Rainbow Minerals has reported a surge in full-year headline earnings, supported by higher commodity prices and says it expects prices to remain robust.
Resource Generation to focus on SA assets
Resource Generation says it has divested from its Tasmanian coal tenements to focus on its South African assets.
Uranium needs catalyst to bounce back
The uranium market requires some kind of flash point for the underlying fundamentals to re-assert themselves and the uranium price to move up sharply again, says Paladin Energy's CEO.
Num accepts Amplats wage offer
The National Union of Mineworkers has accepted platinum producer Anglo American Platinum's wage offer, says a union spokesperson.
First Uranium gets through key test
First Uranium has successfully completed the testing of its gold plant at Mine Waste Solutions, yet there remain obstacle for the group to mount.
Terms to be attached to mining licences
Mining licences will in future be granted with attached conditions, to ensure a supply of raw material for local industries seeking to further refine, or beneficiate, the extracted minerals, MPs hear.
BHP Billiton appeals power price verdict
The public will have to wait to find out what BHP Billiton’s Southern African aluminium operations pay for electricity.