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Discovery, development are mining’s only true value creation drivers, Barrick highlights 
By: Martin Creamer 2nd May 2024 Discovery and development are the only true drivers of value creation in the mining industry, Barrick president and CEO Dr Mark Bristow highlighted... →
Booming Harmony ups full-year output and grades; lowers cost and capital guidance
By: Martin Creamer 30th April 2024 Execution and preparatory work on key gold projects are on track in South Africa, and early works on the copper project in Australia are to... →
Gold Fields CFO takes early retirement
By: Martin Creamer 30th April 2024 Gold Fields long-serving CFO Paul Schmidt, who is also an executive director of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed gold mining company, is to... →
How the Mandela myth helped win the battle for democracy in South Africa
29th April 2024 Political history scholar Jonny Steinberg’s 2023 book Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is a double biography of South Africa’s most famous... →
Commodity Markets Outlook, April 2024
26th April 2024 The conflict in the Middle East has been exerting upward pressures on prices of key commodities, notably oil and gold. High commodity prices,... →
History for sale: what does South Africa’s struggle heritage mean after 30 years of democracy?
24th April 2024 One of my favourite statues is the one of Nelson Mandela at the Sandton City shopping centre in Johannesburg. Larger than life, its oversized... →
Zimbabwe’s new ZiG doomed by overall lack of transparency
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 22nd April 2024 Economic mismanagement has stripped citizens’ trust in the government and threatens the new currency’s viability. The struggle to stabilise... →
Rich copper intercept in N Cape sends Orion’s shares soaring on Australian exchange
By: Martin Creamer 22nd April 2024 The richness of South Africa’s copper assets were emphasised on Monday when Northern Cape mine developer and explorer Orion Minerals published a... →
