Eskom leadership crisis may damage security of coal supply
THE management crisis at Eskom, whilst deeply troubling if not entertaining, raises the question as to who's around to make the executive decisions, especially...
CER ups ante with new court challenge against coal-fired power
BUOYED by a landmark judgment that halted the construction of a new coal-fired power station in Limpopo earlier this year, the Centre for Environmental...
Petra suspends Williamson following Tanzania Govt. seizure
SHARES in Petra Diamonds were under pressure following an announcement it had suspended production at its Williamson mine in Tanzania after government authorities seized...
Chamber’s search for ‘the good’ may be a one-way conversation
SPEAKING in October 2016 at the opening of the Joburg Indaba, a conference, Sibanye-Stillwater CEO, Neal Froneman, outlined plans for a new approach by...
Cleaver aims to return De Beers to new mine development
DE BEERS is reviewing its approach to the development of smaller mining projects as the diamond giant considers its future strategy in a situation...
SA mining industry “has lost confidence in Zwane”: Baxter
SOUTH Africa's mining industry had "lost confidence" in its mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, who had backed the re-write of a Mining Charter which was...
ARM is on the acquisition trail and assessing new copper projects
WITH net debt down to around R1bn, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) is keen to embark on new merger & acquisition (M&A) activity and first...
Zwane says investors have embraced Mining Charter redraft
EVERY investor with whom South African mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, had met following the publication of the redrafted Mining Charter on June 15 had...
ARM declares record dividend but flags trouble ahead at Nkomati
African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) trebled headline earnings to R3.2bn in the year to June and more than doubled its dividend to a record 650c...
RBPlat to tap market for up to R1.4bn after agreeing Maseve...
ROYAL Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) has agreed to buy the Maseve mine from Platinum Group Metals (PTM) for $74m (R955.5m) in shares and cash with...