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Patrice Motsepe and Desmond Sacco.

Decoding Motsepe’s fallout with Sacco’s Assore

Inside the growing rift at Assmang

BROKERS’ NOTES: Buy Glencore, sell Sasol

What the smart money is doing

Paul Mann.

Contain your enthusiasm for ASP Isotopes

ASP's obvious potential has so far brought only disappointment

Why Bell rang Hitachi

Deal with Hitachi sets North America distribution arrangement

Simon Baloyi.

Sasol’s oil bonanza continues

Its operating figures provide grounds for optimism

A ferrochrome tap, Mpumalanga.

Why South Africa’s PGM miners are piling into chrome

This metal has found new popularity

MARC HASENFUSS: Alchemy, my a$$ … and other dreams

Alchemy may be out, but Mkhwanazi is in at Hulamin

Thungela's Greenside coal mine in Greenside, Mpumalanga.

Life after Anglo American

Investors need to back focused miners, as well as the majors

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PODCAST: Bojanala — the platinum belt’s fault line

South Africa’s Easy Elections Guide

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PODCAST: UncoveringIT! Is Harmony in tune?

Financial Mail senior editor Giulietta Talevi discusses the latest FM cover story

Financial Mail - 22 October 2026

Harmony Gold faces an intense test of nerves in its Australian expansion amid billions in hedge book losses, heavy capital risks, and environmental challenges

What Harmony’s walkabout says about South African gold mining

Harmony's gamble beyond gold

West Wits  underground  operations.

Why South Africa isn’t striking it rich from record gold prices

Gold is at $4,200. So where are the new mines?

On the JSE naughty list

JSE censures are rare but some companies stand out

Roger Baxter.

A world of changes: the platinum permutations

Recent global disruptions are disrupting prices of nearly all metals

MARC HASENFUSS: Ah, the romance of diamonds and business royalty

From the Oppenheimers to the Ruperts?

Simon Baloyi.

A good week for Simon Baloyi

Payday profit for Sasol CEO

Orion secures Glencore payment, at last

$40m funding key to Prieska mine restart

Orion Minerals: Prieska zinc-copper project

Tembo Capital taps out as Orion digs in

Tembo’s Fund II nears the end of its life

Patrice Motsepe

Motsepes, Saccos head to court over Assmang control

A legal battle has erupted between the Motsepe and Sacco mining dynasties