Much-opposed nationalisation proposal unlikely to be implemented – Chamber of Mines CEO

Nationalisation will not take place as there are too many leaders opposing its implementation, South African Chamber of Mines CEO Bheki Sibiya said at the African Mining Network end-of-year gala event, on November 17.

Company Announcement:Exploration Bonanza at Oil & Gas Africa 2012 – OGAF 2012

The recent launch of the 2012 edition of the Oil & Gas Africa Exhibition & Conference at the Royal Cape Yacht Club in Cape Town immediately drew in 30 industry-leading exhibitors.

Mine nationalisation wrong, dangerous question to ask – Shabangu

Asking whether South Africa should nationalise its mining industry was the wrong, dangerous question to ask in searching for the answer to South Africa’s “evil triplets” of poverty, inequality and unemployment, said Mineral Resources...

10/06/2011 (On-The-Air)

Major American companies are turning their backs on African gold because of new US legislation; A tough new UK bribery laws and that will impact on South Africa and South Africa is going to be outlining its ambitions for broader continental...

15/04/2011 (On-The-Air)

South Africa’s soaring iron-ore business has been given another world-beating boost; The Western Cape is looking to the oil and gas industry to enrich its new Industrial Development Zone and Russia has set up a new fund to stimulate mineral...

08/04/2011 (On-The-Air)

South Africa is the real-life lab for new German mining equipment; South Africa receiving a measly $400/t for product that it could sell for $100 000/t and Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of a human being entering space for the very first time.

SA to insist that Kumba honours cost-plus iron-ore deal

The South African government will not allow 21,4% of the most productive iron-ore mine in the country, Sishen, in the Northern Cape, to be “frittered away” in the form of additional unprocessed exports, Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob...

Kumba dismisses ‘developmental’ steel price thesis, government unmoved

South African miner Kumba Iron Ore states that 14 000 new jobs could be created through the doubling of current output of the steelmaking material and the further development of three mining hubs to supply the domestic and export markets – the...

SA pushing for African beneficiation framework to tap commodity boom

South Africa plans to use its position as the current convener of the Council of African Ministers of Industry to develop a common continental framework for extracting greater value from the prevailing minerals boom, Trade and Industry Minister Dr...

Value-sharing concept floated as State meets iron-ore protagonists again

South Africa's iron-ore miner Kumba Iron Ore (KIO) has confirmed that it is considering a "conditional" value-sharing arrangement for the 6,25-million tons of iron-ore that it mines for ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) and has previously supplied...

Govt places stress on 'national interest' as interim iron-ore deal is announced

The South African government moved on Thursday to further shift the emphasis in the ongoing dispute between Kumba Iron Ore (KIO) and ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) beyond the realm of corporate and legal rights, to one that was also sensitive...

Davies stresses SA's beneficiation policy ahead of Kumba, Mittal meet

Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies will meet with delegations from Kumba Iron Ore and ArcelorMittal South Africa in Pretoria on Monday afternoon in a bid to help facilitate a resolution to what is emerging as a potentially damaging conflict...