Exxaro to line up against former CEO in race for Optimum...
EXXARO Resources, the Johannesburg-listed coal producer, is to add its name to suitors interested in buying the Gupta family's Tegeta Resources coal assets, currently...
Swanepoel, Nkosi to throw hat in ring for Tegeta coal assets
BERNARD Swanepoel and Sipho Nkosi are compiling a new black-owned company - the Phakamisa Consortium - which will throw its hat in the ring for the...
Mantashe confident Gupta mines will operate again
SOUTH African mines minister, Gwede Mantashe, said he was hopeful that the mines placed into business rescue proceedings by the Gupta family would be...
Suspicion beneath Africa’s new wave of ‘resource nationalism’
DURING the minerals and metals super-cycle, from about 2002 to 2012, there was an increase in efforts by African host countries to participate more...
Kabila keeps Glasenberg & Co kicking their heels in Congo
JOSEPH Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), left some of the mining industry's most powerful mining executives kicking their heels today...
Anglo’s Cutifani not in favour of increasing Charter equity target
ANGLO American CEO, Mark Cutifani, said he was not in favour of setting higher equity targets in a new Mining Charter as this benefited...
RBPlat’s Phiri “happy to see back” of former mines minister, Zwane
STEVE Phiri, CEO of Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat), delivered a less than fond farewell to former mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, saying at the firm's...
Eastplats to build Zandfontein chrome tailings plant for R164m
EASTERN Platinum (Eastplats), the platinum group metals firm that mothballed its operations in 2012, said it would mine and treat chrome-bearing tailings from its Crocodile...
Merafe moves into net cash, pays record R301m dividend
MERAFE Resources (Merafe) more than doubled the dividend year-on-year following its strongest yet financial performance amid buoyant trading conditions for stainless steel, the industry...
Pan African points to low cost gold amid Evander restructure talks
PAN African Resources, currently involved in restructuring discussions at its loss-making Evander Gold Mines, sought to highlight the upside of its activities, saying that...