Hannam has Zim JV approved
A joint venture in Zimbabwe between Meikles and Centar, a company owned by former JP Morgan & Chase banker, Ian Hannam, has been approved.
Shares that hint at better days for miners
The world's mining sector is less a bear market as a market going nowhere at present. Yet certain the shares hint at a broader recovery.
DMR to lift game as auditor qualifies figures
The DMR acknowleged it could not cope with industry growth whilst also revealing its financial statements carried a qualified audit opinion on revenue collections.
SA miners will ‘cough up’, say lawyers
Black lung disease, silicosis, manganism .... Nailing South African miners for various pathologies is starting to look like pretty neat business for lawyers.
Frandsen insists Pallinghurst turned corner
Pallinghurst has clawed back value this year and while it doesn't yet signal a complete turnaround, it's evidence the firm has turned the corner, says CEO Arne Frandsen.
Anglo, Aquarius, Lonmin in SA ‘home-coming’
Local shareholdings in companies such as Anglo American and Aquarius Platinum are on the rise. Are investors in SA cashing in where foreigners fear to tread?
Steady for Cutifani but Kumba rumbles
Anglo American's third quarter figures are perhaps the first that can be put down to the stewardship of Mark Cutifani. So what do they show us?
DMR manpower constraints just part of problem
Laudably, the mineral resources department acknowledged its capacity issues, but observers say manpower is only part of the regulator's problems.
Gemfields may seek ‘regional’ gem auction
Gemfields shareholder Pallinghurst Resources said the company could hold a single auction of emeralds mixed with rubies mined in Mozambique.
Govt steadfast on MPRDA as CoM pulls levers
The Chamber of Mines is hoping it can influence yet the outcome of the MPRDA amendment bill but legal sources say the South African government is not budging.