Mimosa platinum output declines

Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter
AQUARIUS PLATINUM said production at its local operation Mimosa Mining Company for the quarter ended December 2012 declined by 5 percent to 600 066 tonnes. Revenue for the same period rose

Motsepe shares fortune with charity

JOHANNESBURG. – Mining billionaire Patrice Motsepe yesterday announced that he would give half his family’s fortune to charity, becoming the first African to match a pledge made by Bill Gates and Warren

Firm sells mines to Hong Kong Fund

Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter
GAT Investments, a local private mining firm, has sold its gold and pyrite mines to a Hong Kong fund in a deal worth US$12 million, Herald Business can reveal. GAT is owned by a local consortium led by its

Rand fall no joy for Zim

Business Reporter
THE fall in the price of the rand against the greenback is unlikely to be of benefit to local companies. This is despite the fact that Zimbabwe buys more than 60 percent of its imports from South Africa,

Queens Park Rangers hold City

LONDON  – Title-chasing Manchester City, who sold striker Mario Balotelli, could not crack resilient Queens Park Rangers and in-form goalkeeper Julio Cesar in a 0-0 draw at the English Premier League

Shanhai Shenhua expresses outrage over Drogba’s move

SHANGHAI  – Star striker Didier Drogba’s Chinese soccer club Shanghai Shenhua expressed outrage over his move to Turkish side Galatasaray yesterday, saying it breached his current contract and he was still

Mancini failed to handle Balotelli

LONDON – Roberto Mancini once insisted his patience with Mario Balotelli was “limitless” but the sight of this gifted but unfulfilled talent boarding a plane to return to Milan suggests the goodwill has, after

Burkina Faso surprise packets

JOHANNESBURG — For a team that arrived in South Africa with modest ambitions of ending a sorry winless run stretching back to 17 African Cup of Nations soccer matches, Burkina Faso haven’t done

Don’t write off Nigeria yet, Ivory Coast warned

JOHANNESBURG  – Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has warned African Cup of Nations soccer title favourites Ivory Coast not to write off Nigeria ahead of a mega quarter-final clash this weekend.

Zambian coach shoulders blame

JOHANNESBURG — Head coach Herve Renard has said he is to blame for Zambia’s failure to reach the 2013 African Cup of Nations soccer quarter-finals. The defending champions were eliminated after a 0-0

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