Another layer of red tape
Installing a licensing system for coal exporters is potentially a recipe for disaster, partly because it's hellishly difficult to police.
Solving Eskom’s coal conundrum
South Africa is facing a second power outage crisis unless difficult policy decisions are taken now.
Kumba’s losing battle
There is nothing that prohibits Kumba from again applying for Sishen's disputed rights, but its chance of succeeding with a second application seems slim.
Froneman’s road to redemption
Has Gold One International CEO Neal Froneman done enough to exorcise the ghosts of the Dominion mine?
Deciphering gold’s descent
The gold market is not the most transparent so views on why it has shed $100 in the last few weeks are inevitably diverse.
Zuma’s fingerprints all over ICT debacle
In accepting ICT's application for a mining permit over part of Sishen Iron Ore Company, government has tacitly chosen sides, and it's not with Anglo American.
SA coal laden with unfulfilled promise
South Africa has a pure play coal sector again but few of its hopefuls and aspirants have been able to capitalise from the coking and thermal coal price spike.
Platfields evokes ‘caveat emptor’ rule
The answer to Platfields' share meltdown may have its roots in over-the-counter activity way before Platfields went public.
India, Zim waiting on Sishen’s riches
Much effort has been going into establishing a new steel producer in the wake of the Sishen mine mineral rights dispute.