Keaton lifts output despite Vaalkrantz coal theft
Stock theft at the KwaZulu-Natal colliery resulted in the replacement of the operation's management team, but full-year output was nevertheless increased.
Africa’s mining codes too fluid for comfort
Mark Bristow, CEO of Randgold Resources, said the continent's mining codes often overlooked lessons from history.
Gold Fields agrees 10%, 3-year wage lift
Gold Fields is to pay an average 10% a year wage increase to 3,500 employees at its South Deep mine for three years.
NUM weighs mass action against charter ‘travesty’
The National Union of Mineworkers said it may protest against the declaratory order judging certain outcomes of the mining charter.
WCC buys time as seeks ‘third party’ bail-out
Standard Bank has agreed to maintain a A$35m loan to Waterberg Coal Company whilst it finalises a third party refinancing of the facility.
NEMA to give firms impetus, say attorneys
The mining charter audit showed miners also failed sustainability targets, but attorneys think that the newly promulgated NEMA can help the sector.
DRDGold BEE practical, but not a precedent
Niel Pretorius, CEO of DRDGold, said the government's approval of the firm's BEE transaction at Ergo was a practical outcome, but it did not set a precedent.
Radebe’s Mmakau battling TCSA forteiture
Mmakau Mining has much to lose if it doesn't extract a good deal out of Exxaro Resources' R4.9bn bid for Total Coal South Africa.
Mugabe says indigenisation is ‘generous’
Zimbabwe president, Robert Mugabe, said in a state visit to South Africa the 49% allowed to foreign miners in terms of his indigenisation policy was "generous".
Holland defends gold reserves assumption
Gold Fields CEO, Nick Holland, insists a $1,500 per ounce assumption for calculating the group's gold resources is sensible.