Coal debate must focus on commerce, not politics
Declaring coal a strategic mineral seems a rather blunt way of securing energy
supply when surgical precision, based on commerce, would do better.
Heads may roll in platinum revamp
Company valuations, shafts and blue collar workers will not be the only
casualties in the scramble to keep platinum mines afloat.
Nationalisation is dead, until next time
The ANC’s national elective conference in December will bring still less certainty
over right of tenure for the mining industry.
Fault line in carbon tax proposal emerging
Finance minister Pravin Gordhan seems to have softened his approach on the
imminence of a carbon tax as government sets about understanding
contradictory policies on climate change.
Plaudits and doubts for chrome exchange plan
Iraj Abedian’s suggestion for a chrome exchange beats levying exports, but lessons from coal indexing plans provide insights into the problems
of implementation.
Quotas may be fatal misstep for SA coal
Government wants to declare coal a strategic mineral and impose export
quotas, but the private sector thinks energy security must be incentivised, not
legislated.
SA mining: comparisons incomplete
Comparisons between the health of SA’s mining sector and some of the world’s
booming jurisdictions don’t tell the full story of the local industry’s performance.
Shabangu Pt plan is like whistling in the wind
Government’s plan to unify stakeholders in the mining industry in an effort to
save the country’s platinum sector is admirable, but optimistic.
Executive exodus at Royal Bafokeng
Have the wheels come off one of SA’s most successful empowerment groupings?
The departure of CEO Niall Carroll is the first of many to leave RBH.
First Uranium gets it wrong, even in death
More transparency and an admission that years of non-delivery have brought
First Uranium where it is today may offer minorities the persuasion they need
to approve asset sell-off.