Export price declines may sharpen coal shares
Despite perennial problems, coal mines can be great investments - if you get them at a decent price.
Randgold in R310m gold shares payout
Randgold & Exploration has announced plans to distribute its Gold Fields stake and about R65m in cash, giving long-suffering shareholders something to cheer about.
Northam raises wage offer again
Northam Platinum has again boosted its pay rise offer to workers to end a strike that had cost some R250m in lost revenue.
Impala likely to revisit RBPlat bid
Royal Bafokeng Platinum says its listing plans will resume after a failed takeover attempt. Analysts say, however, a new bid is due eventually.
RBPlat listing back on track
The listing of Royal Bafokeng Platinum is back on track after the group rejected an earlier offer to sell its majority stake in Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine.
New opposition rises against BHP’s Potash bid
Rival bidders may be looking to derail BHP Billiton's $39bn bid for Canada's Potash Corp, with China's Sinochem and a Canadian pension fund working on plans, according to newspaper reports.
Report leaks smelters’ power secrets
In a legal wrangle to disclose the cost at which Eskom supplies power to BHP Billiton's aluminium smelters, a court is told that BHP's Hillside is the world's cheapest producer.
New entity for Gold One’s Megamine
Australia and JSE-listed mining junior Gold One is set to proceed with spin-off plans for its Megamine assets.
Small miners take aim at Shabangu
A document criticising the amended mining charter is calling for Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu to relinquish her position of leading transformation in the sector.
ICT founder linked to more disputed deals
Phemelo Sehunelo, the advocate whose ICT turned Jacob Zuma's son into a multimillionaire, is at the centre of another two controversial mining deals, reports City Press.