Mantashe hopes history will repeat itself, but Lonmin may collapse first
SOUTH African mines minister, Gwede Mantashe, said the country's platinum sector was where gold companies found themselves between 1999 to 2002. The price of...
SA mining needs fresh ideas to counter scourge of fatalities
IF Sibanye-Stillwater discovers management at its Driefontein operation was negligent in not evacuating employees out of a seismic-hit mining area, it must surely take action....
Just when you thought it was safe to buy SA mining...
I think the decision by Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe to do an “about face” over the High Court ruling on “once empowered,...
Zimbabwe’s handsome talk is still just talk in want of action
THE chit-chat around the water cooler at a recent conference about Zimbabwe mining – called the Harare Indaba – was on the sceptical side.
Involving...
Platinum miners’ optimism about the hole they’re in is misplaced
YOU have to be an optimist to be a miner and the most diehard optimists in the business right now are those in platinum...
Mantashe to clarify Govt. approach to Mining Charter talks
ONE of the reasons why the Chamber of Mines decided to postpone its High Court hearing into Mining Charter 3 and enter into discussions...
Old foe, known quantity, Mantashe will give momentum to Mining Charter...
OF all the new cabinet appointments made by South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, yesterday, sending Gwede Mantashe to the mines ministry was one of...
Zwane’s Mining Charter to face critical legal test next week
SOUTH Africa's High Court starts three-day deliberations on the so-called 'Minister's Charter' on Monday (February 19), the third iteration of the 2004 Mining Charter...
Back of the class for Friedland after shaky history recall
MINING supremo, Robert Friedland, was on top oratorical form during his talk to the Mining Indaba in Cape Town but, sadly, a few factual...
Does Agarwal have a masterplan for Anglo? Probably not
ANIL Agarwal, executive chairman of the UK-listed diversified mining group Vedanta, admits having a poor grasp of English, but he's a dab hand at...