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Canyon Coal, Menar to spend R3bn expanding SA coal output

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IT'S a great pity Vuslat Bayoglu’s Canyon Coal, or its shareholder Menar Holdings, a Luxemburg company in which the Bayoglu family wealth is invested,...

Surge in resource nationalism blind to the consequences

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Investors in a number of mining companies operating in Africa – including Randgold Resources, Acacia Mining and Ivanhoe Mines – have had some unpleasant surprises...

Kimberley licence award shifted the debate on ‘zama-zamas’

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After years of protests and stand-offs with police and security guards, the June victory which saw thousands of zama-zamas (artisanal and illegal miners) in...

Van Wouw calls in the “heavies” as the Mowana copper mine...

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Turning the troubled Mowana copper mine in Botswana around has proved more problematic than Cradle Arc CEO - and controlling shareholder - Kevin van...

Congo wobble creates credibility problem for its miners

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S&P Global Market Intelligence stated in a report in March that global spending on the search for non-ferrous metals rose to an estimated $8.4bn...

Gwede Mantashe backs the introduction of a Mandela platinum coin

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The platinum producers finally appear to be making headway with the SA government on the introduction of a platinum coin judging from recent comments...

Alphamin imposes “strict protocols” following Ebola outbreak in DRC

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Alphamin  Resources - the Toronto and Johannesburg listed junior miner  operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - is “monitoring closely” the latest...

Northam’s Dunne undaunted by ‘surprising’ platinum price

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Platinum prices, which continue to languish near decade lows, have done little to dampen the confidence of Northam Platinum CEO Paul Dunne, who is...

Predatory Mining Charter draft a major negative for junior miners

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South African mining companies say that the new iteration of the Mining Charter will have a greater dilutory impact on capital providers’ returns than...

Drop in African junior mining activity concerns Master Drilling CEO

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Junior mining and exploration activity in Africa had dropped off materially over the past five years and that development had negative medium and long-term...