Metal Heads

PIC may have given Implats an open invitation to bid higher...

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IS the battle for control of Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) heading for a draw? That's one interpretation given that the firm's largest single shareholder,...

Getting unions on mining company boards is the best way to...

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AT last year’s Mining Charter III negotiations, trade unions campaigned for employee representation on company boards. A clause making provision for such representation was...

Agreement on Covid-19 vaccination critical before gold, coal wage negotiations

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WHILE Covid-19 is destroying lives and livelihoods, a legal debate is developing about whether the mining sector could make vaccination compulsory. For instance, there is...

National alignment crucial to mining project success

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AMONG the bland assertions often made about what is needed to achieve success in the mining industry are that much depends on corporate size,...

How imports and exports will impact platinum until 2023

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In this long-dated review, I focus on how the relationship between platinum imports and exports impact above-ground stocks and the platinum price. The industry...

Gold’s on the rise, but which is best: the share or...

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IT has been nearly five years now since the peak in the gold price at over $1,900 per ounce, which was followed by a...

Sipho Pityana’s “Zuma Must Go” Speech

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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...

Digging for legitimacy: The case for good ESG in mining

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ENVIRONMENTAL and social governance (ESG) has, for a long time, been a woolly issue for the mining industry. Chiefly because there were no hard and fast...

SA mining cannot keep relying on courts to regulate industry

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THE recent judgment in the court case between the Chamber of Mines and the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) over the once-empowered, always-empowered principle...

Palladium supply deficit will see vaulted stocks exhausted in as little...

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IN this review, I argue that the quantum of vaulted above-ground palladium stocks will continue to be a drawn upon to supply the market...