Decisions made in today’s COVID-19 crisis will shape the future social...
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HREE months into the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, few can question its devastating health, social and economic effects on so many people...
Miners need to get smarter with projects or risk making a...
THE evaluation and planning of new mining projects is being complicated by increased volatility in commodity prices. Much of this volatility is linked to...
Time for Harmony Gold to loosen the purse strings?
HARMONY Gold's former CEO Peter Steenkamp will go down in the company's history as one of its most important change agents. It was under...
Sipho Pityana’s “Zuma Must Go” Speech
Good morning friends, colleagues and members of the press.
There are very few among us in this room who would dispute that South Africa is...
Ukraine’s iron and steel industry calls for Africa’s support
AS the war in Ukraine continues, its iron and steel industry stands both as a testament to resilience and a beacon of hope for the...
Mining Charter needs realistic targets and timelines: Chabana
LAST weekend’s talks on the Mining Charter, initiated by Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe, were quite robust.
That should be no surprise to anyone.
Our industry...
SA’s draft tax amendments may penalise mining when Govt. should be...
With the onset of Covid-19, global markets are in a tailspin and South Africa’s mining industry has not been spared. It is therefore unfortunate...
Pandemics are not ‘black swan’ events, the SA mining sector must...
THE COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge beyond anything that has struck us in living memory. But is COVID-19 truly a black swan event...
Zwane’s money for nothing, and his cheques for free
SOUTH Africa mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, today briefed the Black Business Council on his vision for the Mining Charter claiming the document was a...
Black business stymied by BEE lock-in clauses
Mining firms have no option but to lock their black partners into BEE structures which in turn limits the scope for real empowerment.