The many broken promises of Gwede Mantashe
WHEN Gwede Mantashe was appointed minister of Mineral Resources in 2018, the mining sector rejoiced. Here was a mining trade unionist and seasoned politician...
Dare Caledonia turn up the dial on growth?
HAVING operated relatively comfortably for years, Zimbabwean gold miner Caledonia Mining Corporation is facing a potentially company-defining decision about how to finance its second...
Implats impairs Canadian mine by R7.8bn as palladium plummets
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) has taken a heavy hit on its Canadian mine, impairing the asset by more than half its initial R11.4bn purchase price...
Lucara’s Thomas quits as CEO as firm seeks way out of...
EIRA Thomas has stepped down as CEO of Lucara Diamond Corp., the Toronto-listed miner, the company announced today.
Her resignation comes amid high distress for...
Former Anglo chief Julian Ogilvie Thompson dies, aged 89
JULIAN Ogilvie Thompson, former chairperson of De Beers and Anglo American, has died at age 89 in Johannesburg, it has been reported.
Born in Cape...
How Gold Fields lost two leaders but kept its head
EXECUTIVES at Barrick Gold shook hands in public and sniggered in private. That was the story behind the $1.2bn cash sale in 2006 of...
As Eskom seeks a way of scaling renewable power, Vietnam could...
SOUTH Africa has had energy shortfalls for the past 16 years, but to date there have been totally inadequate measures to add new capacity...
Rudderless and leaderless, Eskom is still waiting for a CEO
It's been more than five months since former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter’s unceremonious departure from Eskom following an explosive TV interview, and there...
Why the Minerals Council got it wrong with Transnet
MENAR CEO Vuslat Bayoğlu remains optimistic about the future of the South African mining industry but there’s a certain caution compared with his attitude...
Lucara confident in Karowe expansion after cost overrun raises going concern...
LUCARA Diamond Corp. said the expansion of its Karowe mine in Botswana was economically robust after raising a flag earlier today over the company's...