Gold Fields plans 5-year South Deep return
Gold Fields CEO, Nick Holland, said that income of R6.5bn a year would help pay back the R35bn in total investment in South Deep within five years.
Gold Fields unbundles SA mines, creates Sibanye
Gold Fields is to unbundle its South African mines creating a 1.4 million oz/year producer listed on the JSE and led by former staffer, Neal Froneman.
Sibanye Gold’s Froneman demurs on ‘pac-man’ deals
Neal Froneman, CEO-designate of Sibanye Gold, may look at acquisitions, but his goal was to build in Sibanye a company attracting Asian investors.
Davis earns £5.5m profit on Xstrata shares
Mick Davis, the outgoing Xstrata CEO, sold 661.590 shares in the company following the European Commission's approval of its merger with Glencore.
IDC uncertain of role in Kalagadi Manganese
Government's Industrial Development Corporation also said it may waive its rights to participate further in Kalagadi Manganese if that was in its interests.
Eskom’s Dames moots national coal pact
Speaking in parliament, Eskom CEO Brian Dames appealed to the country's coal producers to enter into a coal pact with coal prices not exceeding 10% annually in return for lower electricity increase.
Pallinghurst to keep platinum ‘newco’ private
Now was not the time to re-list the platinum assets of Pallinghurst Resources, said the company's CEO, Arne Frandsen.
Amsa in “catch up” as claws back 18%
An 18% gain in the share price of ArcelorMittal South Africa was due to the fact it had been oversold, a spokesman said despite reports it was due to restructure.
Mines unrest not solved by ending migrant labour
Migrant labour may be a contributing factor to the mines unrest in South Africa, but ending it will only cause hardship elsewhere, experts say.
IDC capture of Scaw heralds state steelmaker
The South African government buys Scaw from Anglo and says the firm will compete for state-backed infrastructure business and help further its beneficiation strategies.