Industry’s success to encourage empowerment

The success of black economic empowerment (BEE) in South Africa’s mining industry will prompt other industries to empower previously disadvantaged individuals in the country on a larger scale, KPMG’s Sandile Hlophe believes.

Strong poised to grow stronger as platinum industry mulls consolidation

On the one hand, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) president Senzeni Zokwana is calling for the creation of a State-owned platinum mining company, and on the other are an acquisitive Impala Platinum and an emerging Xstrata Resources, both...