Coal miners told improve or face regulation
South African coal miners were told to either improve the quality of coal supply to Eskom or face government regulation.
Mozambique to put coal blocks for sale
Mozambique is to put more coal blocks in its Tete and Niassa provinces for sale by June next year and has promised it will deal with political violence.
Fitch switches SA outlook to ‘negative’
Ratings agency, Fitch, changed its outlook for South Africa to negative from stable partly owing to the protracted strike in the platinum sector.
Eskom chose poorly: Chamber of Commerce
The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry said Eskom should not blame contractors when it was the utility's decision-making that led to Medupi overruns.
Blyvoor focus of ‘urgent’ ministerial meeting
The humanitarian crisis at west Johannesburg mine, Blyvooruitzicht, would be the focus of an urgent meeting led by Ngoako Ramatlhodi, SA's mines minister.
Call for investigation into Timis’ African Minerals
Investors have called for an investigation into the collapse in March of African Minerals, an iron ore miner backed by controversial mining magnate, Frank Timis.
African Minerals may break covenants
African Minerals said it was in danger of breaking debt covenants and would attempt to refinance a $250m loan.
Cutifani admits disposals took too long
Anglo American took too long to restructure, said the UK-listed group's CEO, Mark Cutifani.
Australia downgrades iron ore price to $60/t
Australia's Department of Industry and Science downgraded its iron ore price outlook to an average of $60/t this year.
Lonmin loses 18-month no fatality record
Lonmin said an employee had died in a vehicle accident at one of its shafts on May 19 breaking an 18 month stint of no fatalities at the company's operations