Eskom faces Medupi cost surge as project delayed
Eskom's Medupi power station was likely to be delayed six months following labour and contractual delays sending the project's capital cost up 15% to R105bn.
De Beers settles 9% wage increase
De Beers said it had averted strike action at its mines following a 9% wage increase agreement with the National Union of Mineworkers.
Failure at Burnstone will ruin Wits Gold: Kotze
The stakes couldn't be higher for Philip Kotze, CEO of Wits Gold, who said a R72m bid for Burnstone was the first steps to generate cash for shareholders.
ARM delivers business over politics message
A decision to build a ferromanganese smelter in Malaysia may run counter to the South African government's beneficiation stategy, but it makes good business sense.
Mathunjwa decries union business links
The Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (AMCU) said it did not want unions with business links near where it was operating.
Gold firms take scalpel to head office costs
Hundreds for management jobs in South Africa's gold mining sector have been cut in the second quarter as prospects dim.
CoM confident AMCU won’t derail peace train
The Chamber of Mines said the union would sign a framework agreement identified as a crucial meeting of minds ahead of potentially stormy wage negotiations.
UK gold explorers crying into their teacups
It's no fun being a gold exploration firm seeking capital at a time when the market is fleeing from anything connected with the yellow metal.
Can Giyani Gold prosper where many failed?
Gold exploration firms tend to struggle in South Africa. So it's with interest that the JSE welcomes Giyani Gold.
Pan African starts BTRP, sweats on Evander
The low cost Barberton Tailings Retreatment Project was commissioned by Pan African Gold, but it will be sweating on the gold price after the R1.5bn Evander deal.