Exxaro draws blank on M&A plans citing “misalignment with criteria”
EXXARO Resources is being very choosy in its potential merger and acquisition (M&A) activity as it looks to diversify into three key minerals -...
SA mining braced for disruption as EFF’s Monday stayaway looms large
IN a sign of possible disruption to come on Monday, chairperson of the Rural Economic Transformers Allen Nglela interrupted a Government meeting on mine safety by...
SA mining production shrinks for 12th consecutive month as power curtailments...
POWER curtailments implemented by state-owned utility Eskom was mostly behind a 1.9% year-on-year decline in South African mining production in January, said BusinessLive.
Platinum group...
Motsepe’s ARC hands bridging loan to Kropz after phosphate sold below...
PATRICE Motsepe's African Rainbow Capital (ARC) Fund has provided phosphate miner Kropz a R285m bridging facility whilst it improves the quality of product.
Kropz said...
Hot Seat: Transnet’s ‘Iron Lady’, Portia Derby not for turning
"THE iron lady who means business” is how Portia Derby was described in a news article in August 2020, eight months into her tenure as...
Government failings put South32’s South African business at risk
SOUTH32 flies under the radar in South Africa because the share isn't index linked. But the company has been on a strong run this...
Transnet rail woes will be fixed in “two to three years”...
AFRICAN Rainbow Management (ARM) management expects it will take two to three years before Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) gets back to railing at nameplate...
RBM opens civil proceedings against parties stealing product from KZN mine
RICHARDS Bay Minerals (RBM) said it had opened "initial" civil proceedings against parties allegedly involved in stealing "product" from the KwaZulu-Natal mine, the company...
Minerals Council says electricity minister is “good appointment” but calls for...
THE unveiling of Kgosientsho Ramokgopa as South Africa's first 'electricity minister' was "a good appointment", said Minerals Council CEO, Roger Baxter.
"The Minerals Council has...
ARM cracks it in half year as coal price helps it...
AFRICAN Rainbow Minerals (ARM) cracked it in the six months to end-December outperforming much larger rival diversified mining groups like Anglo American and BHP...