Amplats stumped as SA platinum coin yet to materialise
IT'S been two years since former Impala Platinum marketing executive Derek Engelbrecht announced early stage plans to mint a Nelson Mandela platinum coin. Since...
Manuel says DMR must “clean up act” as Cape project wins...
FORMER finance minister, Trevor Manuel, has demanded the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) "clean up its act" referring specifically to the controversial granting of...
Pityana dubs Zuma “sponsor of corruption” in breathtaking attack
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti chairman, Sipho Pityana, today launched an all-out attack on President Jacob Zuma calling for his immediate departure from office and describing him...
Froneman delivers unflinching view of SA mining legacy, calls for rapprochement
SOUTH Africa's mining industry must acknowledge past deeds of inhumanity and immorality before it could shape a future in which it overcame the hostile...
Sibanye employees attacked amid illegal strike at Cooke
FOUR employees of Sibanye Gold were injured, two seriously, following illegal industrial action during the night shift on October 3 at the firm's Cooke...
Dubai’s Centaur Holdings plans R500m De Roodepoort coal project
CENTAUR Holdings, a Dubai-based private equity company, is to raise up to R500m to build a new coal mine in South Africa's Mpumalanga province...
Implats reaches refinery wage deal with NUM
Impala Platinum (Implats) – the world’s second largest platinum producer – has reached a two year wage settlement for its refinery operations near Springs...
South32 content to bide time on Eskom power contract
SOUTH32, created from the unbundling of BHP Billiton’s non-core assets, delivered some pleasant surprises for investors in August, cutting costs $386m in its first...
Safety audits underpin dysfunctional DMR, industry relationship
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti CEO, Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan, came up with an interesting illustration of how the increasing number of safety audits conducted on South Africa’s mines...
Xtract resumes Manica as Nelson sticks to guns on resignation
XTRACT Resources on-and-off affair with the Manica gold project in Mozambique is back on again with the company re-acquiring ownership after the deal struck...