Glencore joins US critical minerals reserve in $500m EXIM deal
THE US government has selected Glencore to help it build a strategic reserve of critical minerals in a development that deepens the Swiss miner's...
Former Gold Fields boss to join hunt for critical minerals
FORMER Gold Fields CEO Chris Griffith, who exited the miner four years ago after a failed mega-merger bid for Canada's Yamana Gold, has joined...
Congo plans one-stop mining investment agency
THE Democratic Republic of Congo is setting up a centralised agency to fast-track major mining investments, said Reuters citing sources.
The agency is part of...
Froneman hires Rothschild for R6.7bn F1 bid
A CONSORTIUM fronted by former Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman is working with Rothschild & Co on a bid to bring Formula One racing back...
MPRD in 2026: A maze of mineral policy
It is a cliché of effective industrial policy that developing an industry works best if there is "policy certainty". It is also one of those...
Transnet is moving but a cash crisis looms
FOR most of the past decade Transnet has had an obvious problem: it wasn’t moving enough freight. Its latest results show good progress on...
Glencore suspends executive over Radiant scandal
GLENCORE has suspended Peter Hill, its head of steelmaking raw materials, as the fallout from its dealings with Singapore-based iron ore trader Radiant World...
Fresh capital, old problems for Zimbabwe mining
ARE investors still too wary of Zimbabwe’s mining sector?
Two international miners – Caledonia Mining and Tharisa – think so, and both are committing significant...
Glencore faces $2bn lawsuit as it alleges Radiant World fraud
TRADING firm Radiant World has alleged Glencore deliberately kept the "true nature" of their partnership out of its own audited books, according to the...
Is Solar an optimum outcome for Omnia?
THE JSE looks set to lose yet another promising mid-cap stock, with mining explosives and agribusiness Omnia Holdings now on the cusp of a...