Platinum mines may run short of water in 2016
Consulting engineering company, SRK, raised the risk that South Africa's platinum firms may start to run short of water next year if the country's drought persisted.
Shanduka to abandon 9% Lonmin stake
Lonmin's BEE partner Shanduka said it will walk away from its stake in the company, which is held through Incwala Resources.
Harmony to zap R2.7bn debt pile in two years
Harmony Gold hopes to be debt-free when it sets about funding its Golpu project in about two years time.
Randgold “still scrambling” at Obuasi
Randgold Resources CEO, Mark Bristow, said it was impossible yet to call whether the UK firm would take on the joint recapitalisation of AngloGold's Obuasi.
Lonmin rights offer a folly, say analysts
In the absence of its ambitious platinum price forecast materialising, Lonmin's $400m rights offer may just lead to further, more serious, turmoil in the future.
Glencore $25bn debt target draws cautious praise
Analysts welcomed Glencore's target of $25bn in net debt by year-end, but they said progress had to be underpinned by sustained operational cash flows.
AngloGold ordered to reinstate 579 AMCU workers
AngloGold is studying its options after the Labour Court said it should reinstate more than 500 workers unfairly dismissed at its Moab Khotsong mine.
DMR haggling prolongs Kumba, SIOC saga
The South African government has imposed conditions before it will bring the Kumba, Sishen Iron Ore imbroglio to an end.
Mining leaders worry Phakisa is just talk
South African mining leaders are concerned the government's latest intervention, Operation Phakisa, will add more verbiage to the garbage heap.
SA mining boards meet charter targets: PwC
PwC said that South Africa's mining sector had met its employment equity targets at board level in terms of the mining charter ... but only just.