Court allows Amsa to join ICT/Kumba case
The application by ArcelorMittal SA to join Kumba Iron Ore in a court bid against Imperial Crown Trading has been granted, says the steelmaker.
RBCT exports slow down
Coal exports from the Richards Bay Coal Terminal fell to 3.57 million tonnes in May from 4.8 million the previous month, RBCT data shows.
Exxaro workers plan strike
More than 7 000 workers at Exxaro may strike over plans to rationalise the business.
Amsa ‘paid’ for cheap Sishen ore
Kumba was compensated in 2001 in anticipation of lower future profits it would’ve sustained due to its iron ore supply agreement with ArcelorMittal SA, read court documents.
Most SA gold mines to close in 10 years
Rising input costs and declining reserves spell the end of the industry on which SA's economy has been built.
Ever-deeper gold still costs lives
The massive drill is deafening as it bores into the rock of the world's deepest mine where heat and humidity sap the strength of gold miners who never know when the next rock fall might kill or maim.
PwC: Mining taxes a minefield
Ongoing increases in commodity prices and the growing bottom lines of resources companies juxtaposed against struggling or still recovering economies has heightened the call for mineral tax to be reviewed in many countries.
Merafe goes for ferrochrome expansion
Merafe Resources will fund its R1bn share of the next expansion of the huge Lion ferrochrome smelter complex, but will not increase its stake in the JV with Xstrata.
West Africa is the ‘new Pilbara’
West Africa is the new Pilbara for iron ore mining as well as a battleground between established miners and Chinese firms seeking to enter the region.
Shabangu rules out state miner bailouts
State-owned mining company AEMFC will "never' be bailed out at taxpayers’ expense if it falls on difficult times, says Mines Minister Susan Shabangu.