The chief executives of the top 40 mining companies in the world are confident of the future, but expect volatility, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC’s) ...
The Xolobeni community of the Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape was planning to start ecotourism projects following a decision by the Minister of Mineral Resources, ...
ArcelorMittal South Africa has won the right to join Kumba Iron Ore as an applicant in the fight against a decision by the Department of Mineral Resources to award ...
Impala Platinum (Implats) has announced plans to reduce the number of workers at a subsidiary in Limpopo that has been operating at a loss.
Lonmin had rehired two thirds of the workers who were axed for participating in an unprotected strike two weeks ago, the third-largest platinum producer said on ...
AngloGold Ashanti was continuing research to establish whether it could extract ore from as deep as 5km below the surface by 2015.
No guarantees of reinstatement were given to the 9 000-strong Karee mine workforce fired by Lonmin on Tuesday as it began a reselection process yesterday.
A delegation from Chinese state-owned mining company Shandong Gold, which has expressed an interest in buying a 60-percent stake in embattled Aurora Empowerment ...
ArcelorMittal South Africa - the biggest steel maker in Africa - is responding to procurement problems that have plagued it since August last year by acquiring its ...
Four cases of the double awarding of mineral rights were due for litigation following the lifting of a nine-month moratorium on applications for prospecting and ...
Deaths at South African mines increased by 27 percent in the first three months of the year, compared with the same period last year.
Allegations of misconduct made by disgruntled investors have prompted the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) to investigate two more agencies.
Residents of Steelpoort, a small mining town in Mpumalanga where diversified mining company Xstrata plans to construct a chrome smelter, are demanding preferential ...
Two local suitors had expressed interest in purchasing the Grootvlei and Orkney mines of embattled mining group Aurora Empowerment Systems.
Coal of Africa Limited can pat itself on the back after posting a leap in sales for the six months to December last year, following the acquisition of a mine in ...
Manufacturing group Universal Industries last week told of its plans to strengthen its African market presence following an increase in revenue for the year to December. ...
Plastic-packaging firm Bowler Metcalf is riding on a wave of strong demand for products in its quality beverage division.
Wesizwe Platinum shareholders on Wednesday gave the thumbs up to a R6-billion transaction in which a Chinese consortium will purchase a 51 percent stake in the company. ...
Aurora Empowerment Systems, which on Monday expected a judgment of final liquidation, was saved by the bell as the North Gauteng High Court postponed the matter ...
Black-owned platinum group metals producer Northam Platinum plans to use R747-million in capital expenditure in the 2011 financial year for its Booysendal project ...
Black economic empowerment companies that own prospecting rights can benefit from getting into business with relaunched state-owned mining company African Exploration ...
Exxaro Resources has raised concern that the poor state of the rail infrastructure is hindering export potential.
Gold and uranium producer Simmers & Jack has announced plans for the creation of a diversified mining company.
The trade union Solidarity has served a letter of demand on Aurora Empowerment Systems seeking payment of outstanding salaries and union fees for members.
South Africa’s mining sector anticipates adding jobs to the economy - but the extent of job creation is tempered by the uncertainty around the nationalisation debate. ...
