Pile-of-cash dilemma for mining industry once crippled by slump
With metals from zinc to palladium trading at multi-year highs, four of the world’s top producers generated combined free cash flow last year of about $87 million a day.
South Africa seeks to extract greater tax revenues from its mining companies as they struggle to deal with rising costs and declining commodities prices.
Resource nationalism, poor infrastructure that hinders development and supply chain disruptions are some of the biggest risks the global mining sector will face this year.
Australia's mining and oil companies have increasingly resorted to disingenuous "backdoor listings", as the country's IPO market continues to languish.