5 talking points for 2013
Taxes and regulatory are among some of the items mining industry watchers can expect in Africa during 2013. Here's a few other probable themes....
Cutifani is a coup for Anglo, and defensive
Whereas Cynthia Carroll was appointed to change Anglo's DNA, Mark Cutifani is more about strategy implementation, a role his natural restraint will suit.
SA mining’s winners & losers in 2012
It was tough to be a gold miner in 2012, tougher still to be a developing gold company, while industrial action shredded some stocks. Yet there were winners too.
SA loses a friend as Anglo’s Carroll bids adieu
Cynthia Carroll, Anglo American CEO, took an intense interest in South Africa which is why her warnings of its social distress should be taken seriously.
Carroll recounts 2008 clash with Havenstein
Cynthia Carroll, Anglo American CEO, recalls how she suddenly decided to shut Amplats's unsafe mining shafts, an event that will be the hallmark of her leadership.
Mr Holland’s Opus begins now
Bold and ballsy, the unbundling of Nick Holland's Gold Fields is a gambit of note, yet a transaction that analysts and fund managers say they will support.
Selling SA gold mines is strategy of last resort
Splitting South African gold companies from their 'local' assets doesn't remove the problems they face, nor does it recognise their inherent value.
Job cuts, mechanisation lurk in 2013
History will repeat itself in 2013 when employers take a long, hard look at costs and decide less staff is the only means of survival.
Glencore Xstrata tipped to thrive after Davis
The depatures of Mick Davis and Sir John Bond notwithstanding, the logic of the Glencore Xstrata combination is expected to excite the world's mining industry.
Anglo may sell amid Minas Rio haemorrhage
Analysts fear Anglo American may never recoup the $14bn investment it expects to spend on its Brazilian iron ore project, Minas Rio.