BHP Billiton defends its appointment
- 03 May 2013 00:00 - Lynley Donnelly
- BHP Billiton has defended the appointment of Xolani Mkhwanazi to its South African operations after his five-year stint at energy regulator Eskom.
Eskom's deals leave us in the dark
- 26 Apr 2013 00:00 - Viola Manuel
- The parastatal's short-term view has led to profits in the beginning, but has come back to haunt it.
BHP Billiton 'expects' Eskom to respect power deals
- 03 Apr 2013 09:39 - Reuters
- BHP Billiton says it expects Eskom to honour deals that let the mining giant buy electricity for its smelters at over half the cost of production.
Investors take JSE by the horns
- 14 Dec 2012 00:00 - Chantelle Benjamin
- The JSE continues to break records despite South Africa's economic woes and gloomy political headlines ahead of the ANC national conference.
Botswana polishes its prospects
- 24 Aug 2012 10:55 - Roman Grynberg
- Botswana, the world's largest diamond producer by value, is now doing with its diamond mining industry what SA failed to achieve for a century.
Manganese: Power before promise
- 03 Aug 2012 11:41 - Teigue Payne
- New miners need more efficient infrastructure to capitalise on rich deposits in the Kalahari, writes Teigue Payne.
Eskom pays smelters to shut down
- 09 Mar 2012 00:00 - Sharda Naidoo
- Parastatal has to burn money to kill energy-guzzling furnaces as it faces a tight spot in power supply.
Glencore Xstrata could irk authorities over merger plans
- 10 Feb 2012 00:00 - Staff Reporter
- But Glencore and Xstrata executives maintain that they are merely consolidating their business.
Multinationals bow to tougher anti-graft laws
- 20 Jan 2012 02:42 - Lynley Donnelly
- BHP Billiton tightening the screws on its local business associates.
Eskom 'must put SA's needs first'
- 13 Jan 2012 10:45 - Lynley Donnelly
- In the face of the threat of load shedding, Eskom is being challenged to cut back on exports.
Nationalism, not nationalisation
- 02 Dec 2011 00:00 - Kevin Davie
- The ANC is pondering a windfall tax as a less risky way to maximise benefits from minerals, writes Kevin Davie.
Thousands join Earthlife protesters in march on Eskom
- 16 Sep 2011 18:11 - Staff Reporter
- About 1 500 people marched to the offices Eskom and BHP Billiton in Jo'burg to protest against the way they affected the environment.
Court orders release of Eskom-BHP price deal
- 05 Aug 2011 12:53 - Staff Reporter
- Judge Frans Kgomo has ordered state utility Eskom to release details of an undisclosed pricing deal with mining giant BHP Billiton, media reports say.
Transnet reports rise in full-year profit
- 27 Jun 2011 16:22 - Staff Reporter
- Freight group Transnet reported a rise in profit on Monday and said it would spend R110.6-billion on capital investments in the next five years.
Mozambican NGOs report BHP to JSE
- 16 Nov 2010 15:21 - Staff Reporter
- Mozambican NGOs have reported mining giant BHP Billiton to the JSE's Socially Responsible Investment Index for it's planned pollution.
BHP Billiton abandons Potash bid
- 15 Nov 2010 11:27 - Talek Harris
- Mining giant BHP Billiton on Monday abandoned its $39-billion takeover bid for fertiliser-maker Potash Corporation.
BHP-Potash bid decision looms, report of Russian rival
- 03 Nov 2010 12:29 - Staff Reporter
- Russian fertiliser company Phosagro is reportedly planning to bid for Potash Corp, rivaling BHP Billiton's $39-billion offer.
BHP Billiton accused of restricting access to documents
- 25 Sep 2010 08:13 - Staff Reporter
- BHP Billiton is complicating public access to documents about a planned filter shutdown at its Mozambican aluminium smelter, an activist has alleged.
BHP's Potash bid seen running into next year
- 21 Sep 2010 07:22 - Staff Reporter
- BHP Billiton's $39-billion battle to take control of Canada's Potash Corp is expected to drag on into next year.
Why Anglo is a better investment than BHP Billiton
- 07 Jun 2010 11:50 - Adrian Saville
- Dr Adrian Saville compares the two resource companies and concludes that Anglo's offers better value than BHP Billiton
