Optimum Coal issues Richards Bay plea
Transnet Freight Rail and the country’s coal producers have to find a way to exploit the full export potential of the Richards Bay Coal Terminal, says Optimum Coal CEO Mike Teke.
Vale opens Mozambican coal mine
Vale has opened a new $1.7bn coal mine in Mozambique, tapping the southern African country's thermal and coking coal reserves of around 23 billion tonnes.
Bloody, but unbowed bulls to charge again
The brutal selloff in commodity markets had no obvious trigger, and by the same token, there is no obvious reason why prices will not recover in the next few weeks or months.
Silver bounces from record fall, gold up
Silver has rebounded from its biggest one-day dollar fall since 1980, while gold also recovered as cheaper prices lured in Asian investors.
Hurdles may scupper Namaqualand deal
A proposed deal between Trans Hex and De Beers on Namaqualand Mines is subject to some conditions which may prove difficult to meet.
Panic selling hits commodities
Investors are scrambling for cover as silver heads for its biggest weekly loss since at least 1983 and oil falls below $100 a barrel.
Malema: Stop mineral exports
The government must stop exporting raw minerals to encourage the establishment of industries to process them locally, ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema says.
Harmony falling short of target
Harmony Gold’s full-year production target seems to be out of reach after reporting a 2% quarterly output decrease.
Better days still ahead, says Briggs
Harmony Gold investors will have to be patient a little longer before the significant investments in the group’s growth assets start to deliver output and income growth.
Tongon delivers for Randgold
The Tongon gold mine in troubled Cote d'Ivoire has delivered the goods for Randgold Resources despite the near civil war that erupted in the country.