Wescoal to double up coal trading arm
Wescoal Holdings said it is to buy a domestic coal trading business for R79m that would double its current activities.
Rand helps SA gold firms absorb Eskom hike
Assuming a relatively stable gold price of $1,400/oz, SA gold shares can start to offer some value with the rand weakness already offsetting power tariff increases.
Keaton pledges return to profit in 2014
Keaton Energy said it would bounce back in the current financial year after posting a loss of R132m in the 2013 financial year amid lower thermal coal throughput.
AMCU stance unclear as Lonmin makes ‘offers’
It was unclear whether AMCU intended to press ahead with a strike at Lonmin with the platinum producer saying it had made "reasonable offers" to the union.
Mining law changes to send investors scuttling
Amendments to the Minerals & Petroleum Resources Development Act will set investors running.
Motsepe, Sacco lose R3.7bn in share slide
The slide in share prices in the first five months of this year has hit the wallets of mining moguls and investors alike. Here's how SA's richest have fared....
DMR unaware of MPRDA volte face
The mineral resources department said it was unaware President Jacob Zuma had yesterday reversed an earlier proclamation allowing for MPRDA amendments.
Lonmin lifts veil on Amcu demand strife
Lonmin outlined the key sticking points in its recognition agreement talks with Amcu that may end in a strike at its premises by June 15.
Risk, volatility return as metals market fractures
Commodity markets would become less uniform in their influences as supply factors muddled delivery patterns, said Kevin Norrish of Barclays Research.
Hopes yet for sober realism in wage talks
Despite the constant potential for violent friction, there are hopes yet that wage talks in South Africa's mining industry will be tempered by an economic realism.