Glencore unperturbed by hostility to coal as price rises 21% in...
THE condemnation of companies with significant exposure to fossil fuels is steadily growing with banks, institutional investors, and even the companies engaged in coal...
Arendse’s SSC sets out high ambitions after buying Lily mine
FRED Arendse tells an interesting story about being called into the offices of Ralph Havenstein, then the CEO of Anglo American Platinum (Amplats). Arendse...
Canyon Coal, Menar to spend R3bn expanding SA coal output
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
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’
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...
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
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
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
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
Platinum prices, which continue to languish near decade lows, have done little to dampen the confidence of Northam Platinum CEO Paul Dunne, who is...