Eskom, BHP in coal, power cost imbalance
Eskom pays more for thermal coal supplied by BHP Billiton than the mining house
pays for Eskom's electricity at its three aluminium smelters, a study shows.
SA golds head for another day of pain
South African gold stocks were set to endure another day of losses as the price of
gold shed 3.9% in Singapore.
SA rebuffed AngloGold unbundling plan: report
A proposal by AngloGold Ashanti to unbundle its South African mines was blocked by
the South African government, according to a report by Bloomberg News.
Wits Gold sheds 21% in value in Toronto
Shares in Wits Gold fell a fifth on the Toronto Stock Exchange despite some buying
of shares by the company's key management.
IvanPlats seeks ‘strategic partners’ for $2bn Kamoa
IvanPlats said it was seeking strategic partners for its $2bn Kamoa copper project in the Congo and had already set down plans to improve power supply to the site.
Sable seeks cash flow kicker from Botswana deal
Sable Platinum is to buy just over a quarter of Global Initiatives, a Botswana firm
that gives it access to cash flow from retreating more than 40mt of pig iron.
Exxaro’s Nkosi says iron ore output in 2013
Sipho Nkosi, CEO of Exxaro Resources, said he was hopeful the company would begin iron ore production from its Mayoko prospect later this year.
DRC’s copper-rich Katanga ‘a power keg’
The Congo's Katanga province was a 'power keg' and rebels seeking secession could destabilise mining investment there, one of the country's officials said.
SA mining misunderstood by government
It seems odd that given its global and national centrality, the country's Chamber of Mines still needs to remind Government of the importance of nurturing the sector.
Kibo Mining bets on Tanzania GDP growth
There are several foreign companies correlated to GDP and power generation growth in Africa, but for a local take on this dynamic, look no further than Kibo Mining.