Anglo may opt for scrip dividend
Anglo American is thought to be considering an interim dividend payment which could save it $1bn in much needed cash.
Exxaro blames 24% fall on volatile market
Exxaro Resources has seen its share decline 24% this month, a somewhat surprising show of weakness considering its year-end figures.
TFR’s Gama to cover for ‘seconded’ Molefe
Siyabonga Gama, Transnet Freight Rail boss, is made acting CEO of Transnet while incumbent, Brian Molefe, works in "secondment" at Eskom.
Mwana makes progress on nickel, gold costs
Mwana Africa said it had reined-in costs at its gold and nickel operations in Zimbabwe amid persistently difficult revenue conditions.
SA parliament mum on MPRDA limbo
A third of the year has passed and yet the Mineral Resources & Petroleum Development Amendment bill has yet to be revisited by anyone in parliament.
Africa’s mining codes too fluid for comfort
Mark Bristow, CEO of Randgold Resources, said the continent's mining codes often overlooked lessons from history.
NEMA to give firms impetus, say attorneys
The mining charter audit showed miners also failed sustainability targets, but attorneys think that the newly promulgated NEMA can help the sector.
NUM weighs mass action against charter ‘travesty’
The National Union of Mineworkers said it may protest against the declaratory order judging certain outcomes of the mining charter.
Mugabe says indigenisation is ‘generous’
Zimbabwe president, Robert Mugabe, said in a state visit to South Africa the 49% allowed to foreign miners in terms of his indigenisation policy was "generous".
Mining charter ‘silent’ on crucial ownership issue
Attorneys acknowledged the sense of taking the ownership dispute in the mining charter to court, but they said it was hard to call which way it would go.