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Mining

Mining production records 0.6% increase in April

13 Jun 2025

Source: PwC South Africa.

Markets & Investment

Is a US-led global recession on the horizon?

9 Apr 2025

Source: © MiningMX platinum group metals (PGMs), coal, gold, manganese and chrome are exclsuved from the US's recently announced import tariffs

Markets & Investment

PGMs, coal, gold, manganese and chrome: Excluded from US tariffs but not out of danger

4 Apr 2025

Markets & Investment

Gold hits all-time high amid tariff concerns

1 Apr 2025

Bennetor (Ben) Magara is Exxaro Resources Limited’s (Exxaro) new chief executive officer, effective 1 April 2025 (Image supplied)

Markets & Investment

Mining veteran, Ben Magara appointed Exxaro CEO

13 Mar 2025

Ross Kudo, commercial lawyer

Corporate & Commercial Law

Litigation financing and the threat it poses to SA courts

Ross Kudo 18 Feb 2025

Source: Supplied.

Markets & Investment

Market upheaval as Moscow Exchange halts trading amid rouble rally

Katja Hamilton 14 Feb 2025

SAA to resume daily flights between JHB and Dar es Salaam

Travel

SAA to resume daily flights between JHB and Dar es Salaam

17 Jan 2025

Rescued miners are seen as they are processed by police after being rescued at the mine shaft where rescue operations are ongoing as attempts are made to rescue illegal miners who have been underground for months, in Stilfontein. Source: Reuters/Ihsaan Haffejee

Mining

Sixty bodies retrieved from Stilfontein

Alexander Winning and Bhargav Acharya 15 Jan 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Dollar starts 2025 on a high

Andre Cilliers 2 Jan 2025

Source: Microsoft Designer

Mining

‘Gold rush’ driven by geopolitics and consumer anxiety

Lindsey Schutters 12 Dec 2024

Massmart expands SA’s retail e-waste recycling drive

ESG

Massmart expands SA’s retail e-waste recycling drive

14 Oct 2024

Corporate & Commercial Law

Sibanye liable to pay damages in failed $1.2bn Brazilian mines deal

Felix Njini and Clara Denina 10 Oct 2024

How Fica will affect dealers of high-value goods

Regulatory

How Fica will affect dealers of high-value goods

Hawken McEwan 8 May 2024

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater focuses on balance sheet, seeks metal steaming deals

Felix Njini 10 Apr 2024

A man poses with a handful of Zimbabwean dollars at a bank in central Harare, 15 June 2015. Zimbabweans began exchanging old notes of local dollars for US dollars, as President Robert Mugabe's government seeks to officially bury the worthless currency. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Banking

Zimbabwe launches gold-backed currency to replace battered local dollar

Nyasha Chingono 5 Apr 2024

Clouds pass over the pit head at Sibanye Gold's Masimthembe shaft in Westonaria. Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Mining

Froneman considers restructuring and capital raise to slow PGM losses

Nelson Banya and Felix Njini 5 Mar 2024

Mine workers are seen at the Northam Platinum's Zondereinde mine. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Mining

Northam CEO Paul Dunne: 'Worst crisis I've seen in 30 years'

Felix Njini 1 Mar 2024

Neal Froneman spoke to Bizcommunity at the Webber Wentzel 'Reimagining Mining' panel discussion.

Energy & Mining

#MI24: Sibanye-Stillwater CEO says now is the time to invest in PGM

Lindsey Schutters 7 Feb 2024

Neal Froneman speaking at The Joburg Indaba. Source: x.com

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater CEO warns of crisis as platinum price plummets

Felix Njini 5 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Rand surges in Asian markets this morning

Andre Cilliers 25 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Sarb pauses as South Africa's rand drops on firm dollar

Andre Cilliers 21 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Dollar firms as weak Chinese data dampen risk appetite

Andre Cilliers 5 Jul 2023

Copper 360 Limited lists on JSE AltX Board

Markets & Investment

Copper 360 Limited lists on JSE AltX Board

21 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. David Mparutsa, head of enterprise and supply-chain development at Absa Africa

Banking

A call for the mobilisation of the continent's resources and resilience

12 Apr 2023

Markets & Investment

Bitcoin surges beyond $30,000 once more

Andre Cilliers 11 Apr 2023

Sibanye-Stillwater launches takeover bid for Australia zinc miner

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater launches takeover bid for Australia zinc miner

Rishav Chatterjee and Melanie Burton 21 Feb 2023

How surveillance tech can improve worker safety in SA's mines

Health & Safety

How surveillance tech can improve worker safety in SA's mines

Marcel Bruyns 20 Feb 2023

Organisation of African Geological Surveys, AU sign MoU to promote development in Africa

Mining

Organisation of African Geological Surveys, AU sign MoU to promote development in Africa

9 Feb 2023

Anglo American CEO urges public-private fix to Transnet crisis

Mining

Anglo American CEO urges public-private fix to Transnet crisis

Clara Denina and Helen Reid 7 Feb 2023

Is Africa ready to leverage the opportunities in the global metals market?

Markets & Investment

Is Africa ready to leverage the opportunities in the global metals market?

3 Feb 2023

Markets & Investment

Dollar on the back foot as China recovery hopes rise

Andre Cilliers 23 Jan 2023

Why Ghana relies heavily on used cars

Commercial & Industrial

Why Ghana relies heavily on used cars

Festival Godwin Boateng, Jacqueline M Klopp 11 Jan 2023

Gold Fields CEO to step down a month after Yamana deal failed

Mining

Gold Fields CEO to step down a month after Yamana deal failed

Bhargav Acharya and Nelson Banya 13 Dec 2022

Markets & Investment

Covid spike in China sours risk sentiment

Andre Cilliers 21 Nov 2022

Zimbabwe's new mineral royalty policy comes into force

Mining

Zimbabwe's new mineral royalty policy comes into force

Nyasha Chingono 9 Nov 2022

Zimbabwe demands some mining royalties in refined metal

Mining

Zimbabwe demands some mining royalties in refined metal

Promit Mukherjee 10 Oct 2022

The JSE in turmoil

Markets & Investment

The JSE in turmoil

Andre Cilliers 6 May 2022

With a plunge of more than 9% since Easter Monday, can the rand claw its way back?

Markets & Investment

With a plunge of more than 9% since Easter Monday, can the rand claw its way back?

Andre Cilliers 29 Apr 2022

Tharisa acquires Karo platinum project in Zimbabwe

Mining

Tharisa acquires Karo platinum project in Zimbabwe

Helen Reid 31 Mar 2022

Implats announces R50bn commitment to capital programme at SA Investment Conference

Mining

Implats announces R50bn commitment to capital programme at SA Investment Conference

24 Mar 2022

Western Cape government joins battle over mining

Mining

Western Cape government joins battle over mining

John Yeld 23 Feb 2022

Source: SANews.gov.za

Criminal Law

Sars Customs seize drug powder worth R21m

4 Feb 2022

Markets & Investment

Yen drops to lowest in five years

5 Jan 2022

Image source: Mariana Ianovska –

Competition Law

Commission bars acquisition of Sasol's sodium cyanide business

1 Dec 2021

Source: ©Pexels

Markets & Investment

Absa lists NewPalladium on Botswana Stock Exchange

24 Nov 2021

Source: ©lurii Kovalenko

Mining

Mining Charter: policy, not law

Jonathan Veeran, Bruce Dickinson & Rita Spalding from Webber Wentzel 22 Sep 2021

SDG 6: There is no life without water so give it the attention it needs

Food, Water & Energy Security

SDG 6: There is no life without water so give it the attention it needs

Belinda Carreira, Issued by SAICA 23 Aug 2021

Neal Froneman, CEO, Sibanye-Stillwater

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater to buy French Eramet's Sandouville plant

2 Aug 2021