Technology may loosen China’s stranglehold over lithium
AN Australian firm backed by Rio Tinto is raising funds to develop lithium mining technology that will reduce reliance on Chinese supply.
The Financial Times...
Copper mined in Northern Cape after 40 year hiatus
COPPER 360 said on Monday it had started underground mining from Rietberg, a copper mine in the Northern Cape – a development that represents...
Glencore slapped with $150m compensation claim
GLENCORE has been found by the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) to be criminally liable for failing to prevent the bribery of an official...
SA mining legislation needs fine-tuning
IN July 2023, the Department of Mineral Resources (DMRE), trade unions, and industry stakeholders met to discuss South Africa’s principal mining legislation, the Mineral...
Petra’s plan to avoid mistakes of last diamond market collapse
IN early 2022 Petra Diamonds CEO Richard Duffy declared the time had come for diamonds. After years of waiting, a "long-predicted" supply squeeze in...
Rio Tinto boss says Anglo deal could “derail” company
JAKOB Stausholm said mergers and acquistions could knock his company Rio Tinto off course after spending the last decade repairing its balance sheet and...
Can SA mining halt 20 years of decline?
On 29 May, South Africans headed to the polls to cast their vote in the country’s seventh democratic national and provincial elections. In the...
What another term of Gwede Mantashe means for mining
The reappointment of Mantashe as Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy has elicited mixed reactions, however. Mantashe took the reins of the mining portfolio...
Endeavour lifts base dividend even as net debt swells
ENDEAVOUR Mining would pay dividends that recognised shareholders "deserve to be paid something today" – but not at the expense of the firm's long-term...
‘I tend to run towards danger’ – Cockerill
At an age – 69 year – where many would be looking to slow down and ease into retirement Ian Cockerill has taken on...