Marikana was a precursor to Stifontein and show the lengths to which the state would go to punish people in protection of corporate interests, particularly in the mining industry
Mining production falls for the 10th consecutive month.
After announcing weak financial results for the first half of 2019, the steel manufacturer is planning to cut more jobs to be able to operate
The fickle nature of commodities is shown starkly in the Northern Cape town of Kathu, whose fortunes rise and fall with the iron ore price.
Support is growing in Australia for a parliamentary investigation into oversupply of the metal as prices continue to fall.
Chinese government subsidies will keep alive mines that should have been shut down.
The introduction of a subsidy by the world’s largest steelmaker may further hurt prices that fell to a 10-year low last week.
The Ebola epidemic and falling commodity prices have signalled a need for economic change in the West African country.
Resource prices have plummeted this year, leaving some economies reeling in the aftermath.
Top politicians and businesspeople have been cited in a US court case over disputed mining rights in Guinea.
A decrease in demand and increase in supply has left smaller enterprises feeling the squeeze.
A weaker rand has help profits at Patrice Motsepe’s mining company rise despite a fall in iron ore prices.
Resources giant BHP Billiton plans a demerger in order to streamline and simplify its operations and South African assets are on the chopping block.
Commodities will face increased risks despite the expectation that economic growth in the US will increase, says Goldman.
After a lengthy legal battle, Kumba and ArcelorMittal have finally signed an agreement that will ensure the long-term sustainable supply of iron ore.
South Africa’s mining magnate Patrice Motsepe has plans to invest in the West African country’s iron ore industry, he has told reporters.
China’s Hanlong Group intends to take over Australian mining company Sundance early next year and gain control over a key iron ore supply in Africa.
If the high-grade deposit in Botswana is verified, the trans-Kalahari rail link could become a reality, writes Roman Grynberg.
Since October 2011 Salgaocar has been mining the Malolotja Nature Reserve and shipping cheap, low-grade iron ore across the world.
The origin of the costly "gift" — a DC-9 aircraft — is a mystery, but activists say it was bought for King Mswati III by Swaziland’s government.
The three-year battle between Imperial Crown Trading and Kumba Iron Ore for a multibillion-rand stake in Sishen is getting dirtier and dirtier.
ArcelorMittal SA believes that Sishen Iron Ore Mining Company Limited is obliged to continue supplying iron ore in terms of an existing agreement.
Mining giant Kumba are arguing in court that Imperial Crown Trading submitted a "fraudulent" prospecting right to the department of mineral resources.
Sylvania Platinum has said that it plans to sell its South African iron ore assets.
Mineral Resources official in "close personal relationship" with controversial mine bids businessman.
The ongoing contractual dispute between steel giant ArcelorMittal and iron-ore supplier Kumba Iron Ore has intensified.
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/ 18 February 2010
Kumba Iron Ore on Thursday reported a dip in full-year headline earnings, but said production and export sales were up, and output would rise further.
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/ 12 February 2009
The index of total mining production was 7,5% lower in 2008 compared with 2007 and was at the lowest level since 2000, according to Stats SA.
Kumba Iron Ore has reported an increase in its first-half diluted headline earnings per share from R5,02 in 2007 to R8,75 to end June 2008.