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Natalie Greve
Mantashe has a mountain to climb as SA mining exploration is at an investment ebb
South African mines and energy minister, Gwede Mantashe, said the country hopes to capture 5% of the $10bn global exploration spend, and has promised to improve the licence…
Bushveld CEO Fortune Mojapelo confident SA market will support firm’s JSE debut
BUSHVELD Minerals was confident South African investors would support the firm’s Johannesburg listing later this year owing to its “… unique vertical value proposition and…
As SA’s junior mining sector stumbles, here’s six African juniors making waves in 2019
SOUTH Africa’s ability to attract early stage funding for junior and exploration activity has declined in recent years, according to S&P’s Global Market Intelligence research on…
Congo wobble creates credibility problem for its miners
S&P Global Market Intelligence stated in a report in March that global spending on the search for non-ferrous metals rose to an estimated $8.4bn in 2017, compared with $7.3bn in…
Predatory Mining Charter draft a major negative for junior miners
South African mining companies say that the new iteration of the Mining Charter will have a greater dilutory impact on capital providers’ returns than the previous charter,…
Bushveld Minerals pegs hopes on energy to drive vanadium demand
AS local vanadium producer Bushveld Mineral rides the wave of increased vanadium demand from China, the London-listed junior is also pegging its hopes on massive upside for the…
Palladium to help drive Sibanye-Stillwater debt reduction effort
AS Sibanye-Stillwater’s growth-by-acquisition strategy enters a period of hiatus focus has fallen on its efforts to deleverage the balance sheet, and consolidate its gold and…
Froneman warns Lonmin deal is off should it fail cost out targets
NEAL Froneman warned Ben Magara’s Lonmin that failing to deliver on the platinum firm’s restructuring plans would see the withdrawal of Sibanye-Stillwater’s R5.1bn all share…
Suffering miners near journey’s end as R9bn payout beckons
SIX years after first bringing a class action against gold mining companies, former miners suffering from occupational lung diseases, such as silicosis and tuberculosis, are…
Former Rio boss Albanese calls on accusers to weigh his reputation
FORMER Rio Tinto CEO, Tom Albanese, defended himself against allegations of fraud brought by the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), saying that he was reputed for his…
Millennials being lied to by synthetic diamond manufacturers
IT appears the under-35 cohort are behind the demand for synthetic diamonds, drawn not only to the disruptive appeal of the tech-produced stones, but also buying into the image…
Govt, industry “failed magnificently” to promote mining’s social benefit
IT was about time the extended talkshop about improving the relationship between government, mining companies, and communities was replaced with action and a new, creative…
Accept it’s hard to mine here, or move on – DRDGold’s Pretorius
DRDGOLD CEO, Niël Pretorius, has urged South African mining companies to either accept the unique challenges of operating in South Africa, or sell up their assets and move on. He…
Laconic Zwane embodies dereliction of Mining Charter
SOUTH Africa mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, cut an inscrutable figure on Monday when quizzed about the Chamber of Mines’ earlier attack on his leadership and alleged poor…
SA mining talking to “certain ANC leaders” over Charter reform
A LITTLE over an hour before mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, was expected to make his keynote address at the Mining Indaba, a conference in Cape Town, Chamber of Mines (CoM)…
Juniors asked to consider royalty, streaming project finance deals
JUNIOR coal mining firms were urged to get creative in securing project finance amid concerns at this year’s South African Coal Export conference in Cape Town that there was an…
Prominent DMR critic hopes for “new” Mining Charter by year-end
THE political developments of the last few weeks – most notably industry sweetheart Cyril Ramaphosa’s December election as president of the ANC – is already boosting moods in the…
Eskom will favour coal juniors with wheels for new supply
AGEING and inadequate transport infrastructure, coupled with a reticence by energy utility Eskom to dirty its hands with logistics, could offer opportunities for junior coal…
Bold Orion in “perfect place” as Chinese zinc stocks diminish
ORION Minerals is progressing apace with the establishment of its Prieska zinc and copper project, laying bare a tight timeline for exploration, funding, and development over the…
Vedanta unveils mine digitalisation as key driver of Gamsberg
DIVERSIFIED miner Vedanta Zinc International (VZI) plans to spend around $4m over the next three years digitalising its greenfield Gamsberg zinc project making it likely the…