Gemfields dancing a merry jig
Gemfields is a rare beacon of light and hope when it comes to fortunes in the global mining sector with sales for coloured gemstones on the rise.
Backdrop to gold wage talks shows pressures
The backdrop to this year's round of wage negotiations in the gold sector demonstrate just why it'll be so difficult to arrive at a quick and painless solution.
Zambia U-turn makes mountain of investment
If Africa's mineral rich continents need a lesson of how not to tackle regulatory change in their mining sectors, look no further than Zambia.
De Beers looks to SA with fresh eyes
The easy mines, where you trip over a diamond-bearing outcrop, have long been found in SA but that doesn't mean new mines in the country are an impossibility.
Mark Cutifani: ‘We are rebuilding Anglo American’
Pressure on Mark Cutifani's Anglo American is growing with analysts calling for the dividend to be cut. He spoke to David McKay ...
Anglo pumping iron but cost issues weigh
Anglo American's newly commissioned Minas Rio has the attributes of a quality assets but the focus is now falling on building its scale to be more competitive.
300-day NEMA target in Govt’s reach
A one-stop authorisation process for mining and prospecting rights is a step in the right direction, provided the state departments has the capacity.
Restructuring no easy option for SA platinum
Estimates say up to 700,000 ounces of production ought to be excised from the platinum sector, but the industry's ability to restructure is cramped.
China’s ‘coming out party’ now a global hangover
If the Beijing Olympics was China's 'coming out party', the iron ore price slump is surely the hangover ... and it's hurting the world's miners in the race to survive.
‘I told Eskom to get its facts right’: Brown
Lynne Brown, public enterprises minister, explains the day she lost patience with inconsistency and excuses at Eskom, the state-owned power utility.