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In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo, a worker throws his cigarette while smoke on a truck parked in front of a cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Datong, Shanxi province, China.
(photo: AP / Andy Wong, File)
Global climate battle plays out in World Bank
Malaya
| WASHINGTON—The United States and Britain are threatening to withhold support for a $3.75 billion World Bank loan for a coal-fired plant in South Africa, expanding the battleground in the global debate over who should pay for clean energy. | The opposition by the bank’s two largest members has ...
Gold bullions and bullion coins
(photo: AP / Thomas Kienzle)
The song, dance, bad fever, of gold stocks
Mineweb
JOHANNESBURG -  | A former executive of a major mining company taken over some years ago by Barrick was last night lamenting the behaviour of the NYSE stock price of the world's biggest gold digger. The subject arose between, as it were, three tall glasses of very cold Windhoek draught, th...
Transnet not building coal terminal
Business Report
| Mumbai/Johannesburg - South Africa's Transnet said on Tuesday its port division was not planning to build a new coal terminal, denying claims by industry sources who said the facility would be built and operational by June this year. | South Africa...
JSE ends down on profit-taking
Business Report
| By Gareth Vorster | South African stocks closed in the red on Tuesday amid profit-taking on the local bourse with banking stocks hardest hit. | A local equities trader noted that the market had run hard over recent sessions. | By 5pm the JSE all sh...
Miners may get Reprieve from Zimbabwean Laws
All Africa
SA-BASED miners Anglo Platinum, African Rainbow Minerals and Impala Platinum could face a reprieve from tough empowerment laws proposed by the Zimbabwean government following yesterday's announcement by the country's mines minister that an amended mi...
Indian hunt for South Africa's junior coal miners heats up
Mineweb
MUMBAI (Reuters) -  | Indian steam coal end-users have stepped up their hunt for South African junior coal mines in a bid to secure supply from this year if possible but are finding attractive assets scarce, would-be buyers said on Monday. ...
Gold -Jewellery-India
WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam
Gold, platinum shares break bourse's losing streak
Business Report
  | Submit your comment | The JSE Top40 index of blue chips gained 1.11 percent to 23 367.21 points, while the all share index rose 0.96 percent to 26 041.96 points. | "The ma...
Silver utensils-Metal-India
WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam
Silver stocks smashed and bloodied
Mineweb
JOHANNESBURG  -  | What kind of investor gets mixed up with primary silver stocks, a global equities subsector that over time experiences some of the wildest gyrations in...
Open-Pit Uranium Mining - Gas Hills, Wyoming - Aerial View
Creative Commons
First Uranium sneaks in more output cuts
Mineweb
JOHANNESBURG - -  | Coincident with the Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town, South Africa, First Uranium, the world's worst-performing uranium stock, has released yet a...
Global climate battle plays out in World Bank
Malaya
| WASHINGTON—The United States and Britain are threatening to withhold support for a $3.75 billion World Bank loan for a coal-fired plant in South Africa, expanding the battleground in the global debate over who should pay for clean energy. | The o...
Weighing Mining against the Winelands
All Africa
A WORD of warning to Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu. Wine farmers and mining companies do not make good neighbours. | ...
Legal Tussle over Controversial Mining Licence
All Africa
EVIDENCE of misrepresentation has emerged in papers submitted in an application that led to a decision by the Department of Mineral Resources to allow titanium mining on the environmentally sensitive Wild Coast. | ...



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