Forcing light on an issue
The editor of Sake24 explains why the business daily's court application to obtain information from Eskom and BHP Billiton involves more than power costs.
Glencore IPO raises temperatures
Everything that is fluid, unknown and dynamic about the commodities market has found its centre in the proposed listing of Glencore.
A world wedded to coal
In the image war, coal is making something of a minor comeback as the world realises there's no cheaper nor safer option yet.
Putting the nation in nationalisation
Jan de Lange explains why mining companies will have to start paying attention to communities.
DRDGOLD needs to let go of alter ego
DRDGOLD requires a simple identity - not its currently ambiguous one of simultaneously running towards and away from risk.
How will the state use Sishen’s ore?
The government sees 6.25m tonnes of iron ore/year from Sishen as an asset to benefit SA’s steel industry, but how they want to use this resource is far from clear.
Hunting the golden eggs’ goose
Resource nationalism is a growing problem, and not restricted to developing economies.
Jobs summit underscores contradictions
It remains to be seen whether anything good can come from discussions between a compromised government and a divided business community.
Biggest aftershock reserved for energy
It’s now possible to view the Japanese and European coal markets as growth areas again, with the imports of fossil fuels into Japan to be above normal levels in the near future.
Baleni calls for wage talks restraint
General secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers Frans Baleni has sketched a sober picture of what workers should expect from oncoming wage negotiations.