Will new enforced community colloquy help or hinder mining?

The Roka Phasha community warns that the “grave error” of South Africa’s Constitutional Court in its Bengwenyama community judgement may “stir social conflict and instability” in the area where the two communities reside.

Foreigners snap up Royal Bafokeng Platinum shares

Despite South Africa's mine nationalisation talk, the strong demand for Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) shares from international investors shows continued confidence in South Africa as an investment destination. "What specifically made us very...

Second Take: SA platinum industry

We speak about Royal Bafokeng Holdings CEO Niall Carroll's scathing attack on South Africa's platinum industry.

South Africa must be put first when it comes to creating wealth from natural resources

The interests of South Africa must be placed first and foremost when it comes to maximising the wealth generated from the extraction of metals and minerals from the country’s soil. The mining industry has historically proved less than fastidious...

Differing shareholders close ranks as Bafokeng move to raise R1bn in IPO

The publicly differing founding shareholders of the black-controlled platinum-mining company RBPlat on Monday closed ranks in support of the JSE aspirant's bid to raise R1-billion in an initial public offering (IPO) on November 8. RBPlat CEO...

Unresolved issues facing platinum industry – Niall Carroll

Investment holding company Royal Bafokeng Holdings (RBH) CEO Niall Carroll claims that there are unresolved strategic issues facing South Africa's platinum industry, the main endowment making up South Africa's $2,5-trillion metals treasure chest....

RBH bemoans AngloPlat’s decision to ‘frustrate’ Implats offer for BRPM

The head of black-empowered Royal Bafokeng Holding (RBH) confirmed on Tuesday that Impala Platinum (Implats) had indeed been the bidder for the Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine (BRPM) and said that he was disappointed that the AngloPlatinum had...

Phiri to head growth-poised JSE-bound platinum NewCo

Ferrochrome company head Steve Phiri is stepping down as CEO of Merafe to take over the reins of a new growth-poised JSE-bound platinum company that is expected to be listed in the second half of 2010. Long-standing Merafe CFO Stuart Elliot will...

AngloPlat, Bafokeng deal opens way for new platinum listing

The world’s leading platinum producer Anglo Platinum confirmed on Friday that it had reached agreement with the Royal Bafokeng Nation, which would enable South Africa’s wealthiest indigenous tribe to take a majority interest in, and...

Shock ousting of leading corporate mining personalities

October 22 will go down in South Africa’s corporate history as a day of high drama when a chairperson was sacked twice on the same day and when a layer of top management was unceremoniously stripped out of one of the world’s biggest mining...

Implats offers Khotso Mokhele the chair

South Africa's second-largest platinum miner, Implats, on Thursday offered the position of chairperson of the board to incumbent non-executive director Dr Khotso Mokhele. The overture to Mokhele follows the acrimonious sacking of Dr Fred Roux....

Implats, Sallies sack Roux, Anglo ousts Cockerill in day of high drama

In a day of high corporate drama, Impala Platinum (Implats) chairperson Fred Roux was on Thursday acrimoniously sacked by Implats and, later in the day, also removed as chairperson of fluorspar miner Sallies – and Xstrata-pursued Anglo American...