Visits to Guinea in his role as head of AngloGold Ashanti brought home to Mark Cutifani the fact that something dramatic had to shift within the mining industry if it was to survive.

“The core message about the continent today is that Africa is rising.” That is the view of Bernard Sheahan, director of Infrastructure and Natural Resources for Africa and Latin America at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), speaking at the Investing African Mining Indaba™ in Cape Town.

Dr David Humphreys, principal at DaiEcon Advisors, says resource nationalism is the new form of mercantilism in the 21st Century. Humphrey’s was speaking at the Investing in Africa Mining Indaba™ underway at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. 

The potential loss of 14 000 jobs, amidst Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplats) pending decision to close several mine shafts, has come as devastating news to the mineworkers involved.

Kumba Iron Ore CEO, Norman Mbazima, talks to Cape Media in this exclusive interview where he shares his thoughts on issues such as the Marikana Mine shootings, mine strikes, trade unions, the decline in the commodity markets and the future targets and growth of Kumba Iron Ore.