Anglo expected to resume dividend payments at half-year
RATINGS agency, Moody's, recent comment that South Africa's Mining Charter redraft is likely to be credit negative for companies such as Anglo American -...
Exxaro to start coal mine restructure in Q4, advances BEE deal
EXXARO Resources said its coal mines registered a solid performance in the first half of its financial year lifting production 4.7%, but it would...
Glencore pumps up the jam as battle for C&A intensifies
Glencore added another $100m to its offer for Rio Tinto's Australian coal assets, Coal & Allied (C&A) and said it would forfeit the premium...
Charter roadshow off to chaotic start as Zwane flees imbizo
THE Chamber of Mines responded with dismay to reported comments by mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, that South Africa's mining industry was negotiating in bad...
Oakbay listing hanging by thread as JSE considers suspension
THE Gupta family company, Oakbay Resources and Energy (Oakbay), said it was "considering its options" following notice from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) that...
Will BHP and others pay for ditching progressive dividends?
ONE of the observations regarding the investor activism being encountered by BHP – the mining firm that reaffirmed its Australian roots by dropping the...
Zwane to “take the Charter to the people” as miners absorb...
SOUTH African mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, is to embark on provincial roadshows in the next two weeks in order to "take the Charter...
Gemfields takeover battle shifts to make-or-break vote on June 26
AN independent committee formed by Gemfields has thrown down the gauntlet to Pallinghurst Resources by saying the Johannesburg-listed company may not win sufficient shareholder...
Sibanye sells $1.05bn bonds as Moody’s goes negative on Charter
SIBANYE Gold sold $1.05bn worth of bonds notwithstanding ructions in South Africa's mining sector following the publication of a new Mining Charter last week....
CoM embarks on long road to Mining Charter negotiating table
THE long and possibly torturous road in getting the South African government to renegotiate the third draft of the Mining Charter began in earnest...