Risky business in West Africa? It’s relative
Endeavour Mining runs four mines located in three West African countries – Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Senegal – and that is an aspect which...
Teck as ground zero for M&A chatter is a sign of...
CANADA'S Teck Resources has become the focus of merger and acquisition chatter in global mining sector that's become obsessed with increasing copper production, according...
Neal Froneman’s greatest test lies ahead
Neal Froneman’s career has been a series of risky acquisitions. Either he turns around lossmaking mines bought at a snip, or he buys assets at...
Anglo hopes to auction off coal mines as early as year-end
ANGLO American reported a 55 US cent per share interim loss on Thursday after writing down its investment in the Woodsmith fertiliser minerals project...
Botswana touts 24% stake in mining projects to citizens
BOTSWANA is expected to pass an amendment to its Mines and Minerals Act enabling citizens to buy a stake in mining projects when the...
Is this the end of the mining house?
At his zenith as CEO of Anglo American, in 2019, Mark Cutifani described the group in new terms. It was a ‘materials solutions provider’,...
South32 manganese record eclipsed by $818m write-down
SOUTH32 said on Monday manganese ore production from its Northern Cape mines hit a record 2.18 million tons for the group's 2024 financial year...
Thirty-six nations meet to hammer out deep sea mining code
THE United Nations' International Seabed Authority (ISA) will meet today to hammer out regulations governing deep sea mining despite objections from at least 27...
SA’s Government of National Unity on “a knife-edge” – Froneman
SOUTH Africa was on "a knife edge" and would lose the support of business if the government of national unity (GNU) fails to "treat...
Sibanye-Stillwater says global systems downed by cyber attack
SIBANYE-Stillwater said its global IT systems had been affected by a cyber attack but that production had been unaffected.
"We are bringing the systems back...