DMR unaware of MPRDA volte face
The mineral resources department said it was unaware President Jacob Zuma had yesterday reversed an earlier proclamation allowing for MPRDA amendments.
Hopes yet for sober realism in wage talks
Despite the constant potential for violent friction, there are hopes yet that wage talks in South Africa's mining industry will be tempered by an economic realism.
Risk, volatility return as metals market fractures
Commodity markets would become less uniform in their influences as supply factors muddled delivery patterns, said Kevin Norrish of Barclays Research.
Master Drilling shrugs off mining malaise
Master Drilling Group said it had racked up strong revenue figures in a year when the world's mining companies have implemented austerity measures.
SA mining CEOs you can’t ignore
These four mining company CEOs are likely to hog the news for the remainder of 2013. Here's why.
Zuma urges expeditious, fair wage talks
South African president Jacob Zuma said in an emergency briefing that labour and mining companies must conduct wage negotiations fairly in order to retain jobs.
Shabangu to rehabilitate view of SA mining
Susan Shabangu, mines minister, said stakeholders in the South African mining industry would set about rehabilitating the country's international perception.
The gold price 100 years from now will be …
Predicting metals prices is an impossible job, but at least we can say with certainty cycles will always be vicious, unheralded, and predicated on population growth
Zuma stages timely wage crisis intervention
South African president Jacob Zuma has called on traditional leaders to pare worker expectations regarding wage increases or risk wrecking the country's economy.
Don’t panic, it’s just the mining cycle
There's a lot of long faces in the mining industry, but shouldn't we expect spending cuts and plummeting stock prices? This is after all, a fundamentally cyclical market.