Pouroulis family launch third pass at platinum
Tharisa Minerals is the latest company to roll off the conveyor belt of the Pouroulis family, led by patriarch, Loucas Pouroulis
LRA missing strike ballot amendment
Secret strike ballots were removed from the Labour Relations Act amendments, but they would in retrospect have been a crucial inclusion.
Tharisa halves capital raising to R500m
Tharisa, a chrome and platinum producer, has halved the capital it intended to raise in its JSE debut scheduled for April 10 owing to difficult market conditions.
BHP meets Eskom amid $20bn demerger chatter
BHP Billiton has resumed talks with Eskom over power to its aluminium smelters amid
talk the Australian firm is mulling a $20bn demerger of its SA assets.
Sibanye registers interest with Amplats
Sibanye Gold has made contact with Anglo American Platinum regarding buying its high cost, underground platinum shafts in Rustenburg.
SA golds ‘beyond reasonable level of value’
Have South African gold stocks exceeded their reasonable level of value as suggested by their recent weakening?
Aquarius takes gap in $225m bond repurchase
The platinum firm said improved operational performance was an opportunity to buy back up to $225m in bonds and give it flexibility to assess new projects.
DRDGold revival dented as circuit falters
Metallurgical problems in newly commissioned technology would result in a 14% decline in March quarter production for the gold retreatment firm.
NewGold platinum EFT tops 1 million oz
The product has now absorbed R15.6bn in platinum equal to roughly a fifth of South African primary production.
Lonmin wage deal frustrated by unknown force
Lonmin CEO, Ben Magara, could not say whether AMCU was behind efforts to intimidate workers who overwhelmingly wanted to end a 10-week strike.