‘Too big to fail' makes Eskom debt a good bet in low-yield world. South Africa's pledge not to let Eskom Holdings fail is enticing yield-starved investors to the company's dollar debt. Bondholders from New York to Seoul say they're happy to hold onto the power compa...

Gold ETFs surge more than 100 t in August as havens in vogue. SINGAPORE - Investors are going for gold in a big way. Inflows into bullion-backed exchange-traded funds topped 100 t in August to hit the highest since February 2013 as the trade war worsened, risk as...

Sylvania posts higher full-year earnings. Aim-listed Sylvania Platinum's basic earnings per share (EPS) improved by 66% to $0.0637 a share for the financial year ended June 30. This is compared with the earnings of $0.0383 a share achieved in...

ARM lifts headline earnings, despite difficulties facing the mining sector. Notwithstanding a difficult operational period for South Africa's embattled mining industry, diversified miner African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) increased its headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the fi...

How hydrogen could solve steel's climate test and hobble coal. Steel could shed its reputation as a climate threat by using hydrogen instead of fossil fuels for as much as half of global output by 2050, according to BloombergNEF. The steel industry could adopt hy...

Despite assertions coal mining is on the brink, some argue it will be a key sector for SA for decades. The global coal sector can be likened to Austrian physicist Edwin Schrodinger's cat or, rather, his famous experiment pertaining to quantum superposition. The scenario imagines a situation where a cat...

Sibanye looks forward to 'more positive' second half performance. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - Considering the impact of the extended strike at dual-listed Sibanye-Stillwater's South African gold operations, which significantly disrupted operations during the si...

Talks on Guinea's iron-ore advance, BHP nears deal on Nimba - sources. CONAKRY/LONDON - Leading miner BHP is near a deal to divest its stake in Guinea's Nimba iron-ore deposit, while three big miners are vying to develop half of the country's Simandou, the largest known u...

Global advance of 'green' energy fast becoming irreversible - Isondo. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) ­- The energy systems of the world are going 'green' in a process that is fast becoming irreversible, says Isondo Precious Metals CEO Vinay Somera, who adds that hydroge...

South Africa will rely on coal for decades, key miner says. JOHANNESBURG - Seriti Resources Holdings, poised to become Africa's second biggest coal producer, is betting that South Africa will rely on coal for decades even as Africa's biggest emitter of greenhou...