New Year’s resolutions for miners: SEC updates disclosure requirements

Saying that just over 20% of miners had met the black economic empowerment criteria is to tun a blind eye to the progress members have made so far, claims the ming group.

The bank says Anglo could use the funds it gets for dividends and to invest in its much stronger sectors, copper and diamonds.

The thrifty amount compares to the almost $3.9 billion the government of Ontario received from the salt sector in the same period.

Africa's No.4 gold producer is also rich in coal, uranium, diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires.

Prices of commodities are expected to remain high and to be a key driver of African growth over the next few years

In this frank assessment of everything from gold and diamonds to potash and zinc, Kaiser Research Online author John Kaiser names for The Mining Report readers the companies that could be swept up in a rush to security of supply.

The mines ministry has missed an April deadline to ask courts solve the issue of whether companies may claim they meet black-ownership quotas if shareholders have sold their stakes.

Developing Mothae and Lemphane concurrently would allow Paragon to benefit from significant economies of scale, said Paragon Diamonds.

Mick Davis hasn't spent a cent of his $6bn, but private money and non-mining players' share of M&A has already doubled in less than three years.