Malema expelled from ANC
Julius Malema was found to have 'reneged on his membership' oath and was
therefore expelled from the ANC, the ruling party said last night.
CoM lauds Shabangu in rankings success
Bheki Sibiya, CEO of the Chamber of Mines of South Africa, said South Africa's much
improved ranking in the Fraser Institute study into political risk was down to the
efforts of mines minister, Susan Shabangu.
Anglo dismisses Amplats demerger speculation
Anglo American is assessing the entire business chain in platinum production
including recycling, downstream and upstream activities and marketing ... but it will
not sell or demerge Amplats.
Tanzania moves to aid small scale miners
Tanzania's government has allocated just over 100,00 hectares of land to its small
scale mining industry.
ARM, Vale may spend $500m to double Konkola
ARM Executive Chairman, Patrice Motsepe, sounded an expansionary note at
the group’s interim results, with the group’s Konkola copper joint venture
looking to kick on in size.
Regulatory clock starts for Glencore and Xstrata
The regulatory clock starts ticking on commodities trader Glencore's takeover of mining group Xstrata after notifying the European Commission of the proposed $90bn deal.
SA improves its ranking in Fraser survey
SA has improved its rating in the authoritative survey prepared by Canada’s Fraser
Institute, even though fears over policy changes and labour militancy have escalated.
DMR approves Petmin’s sale of SamQuarz
Petmin says it has received permission from the Department of Mineral Resources for the sale of the SamQuarz silica mine to Thaba Chueu.
Carbon tax from 2013
Government is looking to introduce a carbon tax next year to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions.
Infrastructure key in Gordhan’s budget
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has given Mintek and the Council for Geoscience a
welcome shot in the arm, but the main theme of the budget was continued spending
on infrastructure.