Kloppers calls it quits at BHP Billiton
Marius Kloppers is to step down from BHP Billiton after nearly six years at the firm and is to be replaced by Andrew Mackenzie, head of BHP's non-ferrous business.
Miners battle amid capital shrinkage
Access to capital proved difficult for mining companies globally, according to a Ernst & Young which surveyed capital raisings and debt finance in the industry for 2012.
Zuma pleases Alliance but NDP needs traction
President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address won the support of Cosatu, but the congress believes the National Development Plan cannot be implemented.
Amplats flexible on shape of restructuring
Anglo American Platinum CEO, Chris Griffith, said the firm's restructuring may be different from announced but the aims of the production cuts would be the same.
Gordhan to lead tax, royalties review: Zuma
South African president, Jacob Zuma, said in his State of the Nation address that a review of the country's tax regime would begin this year, including mining royalties.
Glencore mulling JSE listing: report
Glencore may consider a listing in Johannesburg owing to the importance of South African assets once it had merged with Xstrata, said Bloomberg News
Miners to boldly go for asteroid metals
Mining technology is now extending to space where thousands of tiny asteroids are thought to contain methane and base metals.
BHP Billiton to spend $1bn in SA projects
Chairman of BHP Billiton SA Xolani Mkhwanazi said the remained committed to SA and planned to spend $1bn in capital expenditure this year.
IDC remains flywheel in SA industrialisation
The Industrial Development Corporation is central to government's mining and industrialisation policies, but how this will be structure remains conjectural.
Zuma likens mine restructuring to blackmail
Jacob Zuma, South African president, said mine restructuring was almost like blackmail and said low wages had "led us into trouble".