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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde delivers a sermon during the National Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
ANGLO AMERICAN

What would Bishop Marianne Budde say if she was invited to the Mining Indaba?

Glencore, Anglo American, South32, BHP Billiton and Exxaro – the mining companies cited in coal class action – need to show corporate compassion for sick mine workers

  • Father Stan Muyebe
5 min read
At the coalface: Eskom’s Grootvlei power station. South32, together with Exxaro, supplies more than 70% of Eskom’s coal. (Dean Hutton/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
COAL

South32 in firing line over rights

Five companies, led by Zurivision, have taken the department of mineral resources to court over its awarding of a licence to the Aussie mining giant

  • Thanduxolo Jika
4 min read
Parent company BHP Billiton relies on China to create more than a third of its revenue.
DAVID STRINGER

New company South32 not dependent on metals-hungry China

Mining’s biggest spin-off in a decade offers investors a once unthinkable plus: China is not the Perth company’s biggest customer.

  • David Stringer
2 min read