Sibanye-Stillwater urges miners to evacuate unsafe mining areas
SIBANYE-Stillwater has created a new management position to tackle its recent poor safety record, and said it was not aware of a culture of...
Ian Rozier named as defendant in Eastplats BEE litigation
IAN Rozier, long associated with Eastern Platinum (Eastplats), is one of the former directors named as a defendant in litigation launched on June 7.
Eastplats...
Northam set fair for “promising” advance on Booysendal South
NORTHAM Platinum, which is investing R3.5bn in the current financial year as part of its aggressive expansion strategy, said progress on its new Booysendal...
De Beers playing poker with perception by launching Lightbox?
ANGLO American’s 85%-owned De Beers may have pulled off a strategic coup by unveiling plans to launch a new brand of synthetic diamonds. These...
US risked Chinese battery monopoly had Gertler dispute escalated
GLENCORE'S workaround the US sanctions placed on Dan Gertler, the Congo's mining tycoon, was a remarkable piece of pragmatism on behalf of the Swiss...
South32 unveils $1.3bn all cash bid for zinc firm, Arizona Mining
SOUTH32 today unveiled a $1.3bn all-cash swoop on Arizona Mining, a US-based zinc development firm in which the Johannesburg- and Perth-listed group had previously...
Minerals Council critical of “surprise inclusions” in Govt.’s Mining Charter
SOUTH Africa's mining sector expressed its discontent with aspects of the draft Mining Charter, published by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) on June...
SA government pledges 30-year stabilisation clause for mining licences
THE long-sought security of tenure craved by mining companies operating in South Africa may be on the cards after the Government said today firms complying...
A 10% free carry clause to form focus of Mining Charter...
A PROPOSAL for a 10% free carry for communities and employees on new projects is set to become a point of contestation following the...
Glencore’s legal workaround over US-sanctioned Gertler secures Congo assets
GLENCORE was confident it had avoided another potential crisis in the strategically important mining district of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as it...