SA mining legislation needs fine-tuning
IN July 2023, the Department of Mineral Resources (DMRE), trade unions, and industry stakeholders met to discuss South Africa’s principal mining legislation, the Mineral...
Petra’s plan to avoid mistakes of last diamond market collapse
IN early 2022 Petra Diamonds CEO Richard Duffy declared the time had come for diamonds. After years of waiting, a "long-predicted" supply squeeze in...
Rio Tinto boss says Anglo deal could “derail” company
JAKOB Stausholm said mergers and acquistions could knock his company Rio Tinto off course after spending the last decade repairing its balance sheet and...
Can SA mining halt 20 years of decline?
On 29 May, South Africans headed to the polls to cast their vote in the country’s seventh democratic national and provincial elections. In the...
What another term of Gwede Mantashe means for mining
The reappointment of Mantashe as Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy has elicited mixed reactions, however. Mantashe took the reins of the mining portfolio...
Endeavour lifts base dividend even as net debt swells
ENDEAVOUR Mining would pay dividends that recognised shareholders "deserve to be paid something today" – but not at the expense of the firm's long-term...
‘I tend to run towards danger’ – Cockerill
At an age – 69 year – where many would be looking to slow down and ease into retirement Ian Cockerill has taken on...
Risky business in West Africa? It’s relative
Endeavour Mining runs four mines located in three West African countries – Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Senegal – and that is an aspect which...
Coal’s evergreen allure hard for investors to ignore
The pendulum has swung back to coal. Look no further than Glencore which is reconsidering retaining its coal production instead of demerging and separately...
Harmony gets A$20.7m grant from Australia for Eva Copper
HARMONY Gold said on Tuesday it welcomes a A$20.7m grant from the Australian government for its proposed Eva Copper Mine Project.
The grant, provided by...