Northam finds 500koz/year in growth
Northam is out of the running for Amplats' Rustenburg mines but it has organic, low-cost growth approaching 500,000 ounces.
Eskom softens coal crisis stance
Eskom has softened its stance on the likelihood that South Africa is facing a coal supply cliff owing to a reduction in electricity demand, and improved contracting.
AMCU to get foothold at Northam mine
Northam pin-points labour relations as complex and an operating risk just as AMCU wins recognition rights at the firm's key Zondereinde mine.
Sibanye may build R3bn power plant
Sibanye Gold said power disruptions owing to Eskom load-shedding had forced it to consider building a R3bn solar-power plant or a coal-fired power station.
DRD shares 6% lower despite green-shoots
Investors took a dim view of DRDGold skipping the dividend despite the fact it de-leveraged its balance sheet and showed evidence of an operating turnaround.
“We won’t buy any more gold assets”: Froneman
Neal Froneman, CEO of Sibanye Gold, said cross-boundary asset swaps ought to be replaced by meaningful consolidation creating a South African gold champion.
Miners in spin as DMR discounts pre-2004 BEE
The South African government has put its mining sector into a panic by seemingly wanting to discount empowerment deals concluded before May 1, 2004.
Gold Fields’ Muller says South Deep ‘dysfunctional’
Newly appointed VP of South Deep, Nico Muller, delivered a withering appraisal of South Deep's management and engineering track-record.
Jury out on platinum market surge in 2015
The theory is that the platinum market will recover during the course of this year - a view which has its followers and detractors.
Global mining sector resigned to year of hardship
There's no escaping 2015 for the world's mining industry with financial hardship, belt-tightening, and investor scepticism is likely to dominate, analysts say.