No escape from nationalisation slur
You can contextualise, rephrase, and even dismiss the prospect of state appropriation of South African mining assets, but you can’t escape the damage to the country’s investibility.
China cooks up own tax reform plan
China is considering its own type of tax reform which, combined with Australia's Henry review may actually have a positive effect on metal prices, according to a recent Goldman Sachs report.
Shanduka faced with overhauling history
The recapitalisation of Incwala had been coming for a while. Now with Shanduka Resources in the driving seat, how will it avoid the problems of the past?
Once more with feeling
The resurrection men are on the prowl with two new mining companies, which will list on the JSE and the ASX, to reopen old gold mines near Barberton.
SA gold industry enters final chapter
Two of South African gold industry's flag bearers, AngloGold Ashanti and Gold Fields, are each trying to eke out the best of what's left of thinning economic reserves.
Miners stunned by Australia’s tax overhaul
The Australian government's proposal to lift mining firm's effective tax rate to 57% could be ominous for the sector as it heads into another period of sustained higher commodity prices.
Gold bulls tackle GFMS
Gold is heading back towards $1,200 and gold "guru" Martin Murenbeeld reckons the bearish sentiment towards the metal from authoritative consultancy GFMS is being overdone.
SA must source power outside Eskom
Electricity utility Eskom lacks the capacity to grow and other suppliers of power have to be found otherwise South Africa cannot grow, writes Jan de Lange.
Holland resorts to merger heroics
Some doubt Gold Fields can separately list its South African assets or combine them with AngloGold Ashanti's local mines. So what's the beef with Nick Holland's "high level talks"?
Rail critical in Exxaro’s coal plans
Exxaro Resources plans to become South Africa's largest coal exporter and the company has it good at the moment, however, there inevitably a but, writes David McKay.