SA’s Mantashe: stuck in an endless BEE loop
THERE'S a long-standing view around town that the South African Government gaslights its mining industry with horror legislative proposals as a negotiating technique.
There may...
Former Harmony campaigner is Copper 360’s last chance
THE scale of former Harmony Gold CEO Graham Briggs's job at Copper 360 will become apparent when the junior miner publishes its year-end numbers...
Listing De Beers is the only way out for Anglo American
RECENT reports suggest Anglo American is exploring listing options for De Beers. In my opinion, this is the only route that Anglo can realistically...
Time for Harmony Gold to loosen the purse strings?
HARMONY Gold's former CEO Peter Steenkamp will go down in the company's history as one of its most important change agents. It was under...
SA has this one, final chance to win back mining investors
O nce the flywheel of South Africa’s economy, the mining sector is now in decline. Investor flight, regulatory chaos, and policy failures are driving capital...
Exxaro should stick with coal and pay out its cash
EXXARO Resources said last year it will press on with plans to diversify production into "green metals". In the case of the JSE coal...
Mantashe a tad offkey in address to resource-hungry China
SOUTH African mines minister Gwede Mantashe urged China to contribute to the government's R400m minerals development fund and said "King Coal is back" owing...
Finally, the tide is turning for SA’s mining industry
O ne of the pleasures of having grandchildren is watching nature programmes with them. I have learned recently of Sicyopterus stimpsoni, a fish that scales...
Why won’t ARM sell its stake in Harmony Gold?
IT would appear that African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) executive chairman Patrice Motsepe gets a warm, fuzzy feeling from his group’s stake in Harmony Gold...
Court rules against farmers who fleece mining companies
IMPEACHED Judge John Hlophe wants to do away with Roman Dutch law and the Constitution in South Africa. Even Hlophe in a lucid interval...