South32 shoots the lights out and there’s more to come
The March quarterly report from South32 shows the group is hitting its operational and financial straps at the same time as the prices for...
The spectre of Eskom haunts the South African economy yet again
Best you check that the generator you have not used for the past few years will still start and fill up your petrol jerry...
US sanctions on Russia boost nickel and aluminium prices
The beneficial fallout on certain commodities from US sanctions on giant Russian aluminum producer Rusal - and possible action against Norilsk Nickel - ...
Pallinghurst’s pesky discount to net asset value stays put
Pallinghurst Resources made a net profit of $45m in the year to end-December - marginally up on the $44.6m made in financial 2016 -...
Hulme Scholes gets back on the DMR’s mining charter case
Mining lawyer Hulme Scholes has resumed his campaign to have South Africa’s Mining Charter scrapped in its entirety more than a year after...
De Beers rough diamond sales down on 2017 volumes
De Beers’ provisional sales of rough diamonds at the third “sight” - or sales cycle - for 2018 amounted to $520m which was...
Palladium takes off on fears of US sanctions against Norilsk Nickel
The palladium price has jumped during the past week over the possibility that the world’s top producer - MMC Norilsk Nickel ...
Venkat quits AngloGold Ashanti to become CEO of Vedanta
AngloGold Ashanti CEO Srinivasan “Venkat” Venkatakrishnan has resigned and will leave the group at the end of August to become CEO of diversified...
MPRD Amendment bill to rear its troublesome head again
THE hullabaloo created by the Mining Charter in the last month has distracted attention from the equally important issue of the Minerals & Petroleum...
Kore Potash opens door on new kind of strategic commodity
FOOD security is an increasingly interesting prospect for investors. According to Ian Harebottle, CEO of Kropz, farmers are expected to produce more food over...