The mining sector’s honeymoon with Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe is truly over. The minister on Thursday skipped out on giving the keynote address at the Joburg Mining Indaba, the City of Gold’s main mining conference. Former Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani was asked to.
Transnet Port Terminals has declared a force majeure as a result of a strike set to start on Thursday by two trade unions, according to an email to its customers seen by Business Maverick. This will create a fresh bottleneck in the economy’s supply chain and further hamper crucial exports.