This scavenger trader likes Julius Malema
Headlines such as "More people want to leave the country because of Julius" make Trader Vic very excited about new opportunities the media's fear of Julius Malema is going to create.
Pure play Forbes Coal to reap Asian whirlwind
The proposed listing of Forbes Manhattan Coal Corporation is further indication that despite infrastructure issues, SA's coal sector is responding to Asian demand.
Unlikely supply will sustain bulls
Nearly a quarter of new projects - equal to $125bn in capital - are unlikely to be developed, says a top bank giving fresh legs to the commodity boom worried about China GDP growth.
Expropriation with massive compensation
Chinese investments in South Africa's mining industry during the past year will be worth R26bn on completion. It's nationalisation, but not as we know it.
Nationalisation: labour has hidden agenda
Cosatu is backing nationalisation because it is a tool for realising political ambition.
Future of African mining
The perspectives of Paul Jourdan, who co-leads the ANC commission of inquiry into whether nationalisation is a policy option for the mining industry, about the future of the African minerals complex.
Where the big bucks are
It’s hellishly difficult to find the expertise to commission mines, which carry high risk, so for the few who hold engineering or geology degrees, life promises to be good.
Mines make less than what they spend
The Youth League’s proposal to nationalise SA's mines is wrongly based on the idea that the sector is coining money; money that will be better put to use by government.
CoalTrans told to ’embrace’ mines debate
Bridgette Radebe, president of Samda, has told the Coaltrans conference that industry should "embrace the debate" of nationalisation rather than decry it.
A mining strip show
Pamodzi's messy liquidation made a lot of money for someone - and it wasn't the mineworkers.