Company Announcement: Green Building Conference 25 & 26 July 2012

alive2green are pleased to announce that their Sixth Annual Green Building Conference and Exhibition will be hosted at the Sandton Convention Centre on 25 and 26 July 2012 forming part of Sustainability Week 2012.

Will gold-underpinning investment demand continue?

World investment demand for gold jumped from 885 t at the end of 2008 to 1 820 t at the end of 2009, accounting for a year-on-year gain of 105%. The yellow metal, which is generally seen as a safe haven investment, has been luring investors...

Will gold-underpinning investment demand continue?

World investment demand for gold has jumped from 885 t at the end of 2008 to 1 820 t at the end of 2009, accounting for a year-on-year gain of 105%. The yellow metal, which is generally seen as a safe-haven investment, has been luring investors...

Daily podcast – July 24, 2008

In today's podcast: Solidarity has requested an investigation into Investec's claim that the South African inflation rate was miscalculated and should be 2% lower, investment holding company VenFin officially launched its early stage intellectual...

Daily podcast – June 30, 2008

In today's podcast: SA govt iss looking for a "balanced" medium-term funding strategy for cash strapped power utility Eskom, petrol prices to increase on Wednesday, and Gold Fields, is to spend R518-million on upgrading hostels and building new...

Daily podcast - May 6, 2008

In today's podcast: Bharti Airtel bids for 51% of MTN, Eskom suspends new DSM projects because of 'cash flow issues', and AngloGold Ashanti reports a more than fivefold increase in adjusted headline earning for Q1.

Daily podcast - April 24, 2008

In today's podcast: Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ncguka states that the matter of foreign recruitment of priority skills has become important, Transnet will begin construction of the R11,2bn multiproduct fuel pipeline in August, and the...

Rio Tinto urges Zimbabwe to follow SA example in wealth redistribution

One of the world's biggest mining firms, Rio Tinto, has added its voice to a chorus of caution calling on the Zimbabwean government to reconsider plans to force all foreign companies to cede majority stakes to locals.

IMF expected to sell eighth of its bullion this year

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which oversees the global financial system, and offers financial and technical assistance to poor countries, is expected to sell one-eighth of its gold this year.

Global commodity-price boom 'unstoppable phenomenon'

South African Mick Davis is nothing if not acquisitive. Under this former Eskom executive director, the London-listed Swiss-based Xstrata plc has seen its share price soar following flurry of acquisitions in the past five years, his latest scalp...

It's an unstoppable: That's what R30bn South African investor says of global commodity-price boom

South African Mick Davis is nothing if not acquisitive. Under this former Eskom executive director, the London-listed Swiss-based Xstrata plc has seen its share price soar following flurry of acquisitions in the past five years, his latest scalp...

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