Eskom faces avalanche of opposition as tariff hearings begin

South Africa's State-owned power producer Eskom moved on Monday to defend its highly unpopular application for price increases of 35% a year for the three-year period from April 1, 2010, to March 31, 2013, at the first of what would be nine...

Daily podcast – August 13, 2009

Cameco may be ready to start dewatering its Cigar Lake project by the end of this year; and Anglo American sells its stake in Tongaat Hulett.

Anglo sells stake in SA sugar producer for R4,2bn

Diversified mining company Anglo American has sold its stake in South African sugar producer Tongaat Hulett for R4,2-billion (about $523-million), it said on Thursday. Late last month, the group sold its stake in Hulamin for R1,16-billion.

Anglo American to sell Tongaat Hulett stake

Anglo American would sell its 49,5% shareholding in South African agroprocessing firm Tongaat Hulett, as part of its strategy to focus on its core mining operations, it announced on Wednesday. Anglo American would sell 51,2-million Tongaat Hulett...