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Zero tolerance

HERE'S an important postscript to last week's items about Brad Mills, Lonmin's chief executive (MJ, December

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09 DEC 2005

Leaving home

IT SEEMED to many observers that Bernard Swanepoel and Ferdi Dippenaar were joined at the hip. They appeared

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09 DEC 2005

A survivor of Wild West labour relations

BACK in the bad old days, management and unions at Magma Copper in Arizona were literally exchanging

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02 DEC 2005

Working with the deal-makers

BRAD Mills admits that the day he moved to Tucson, Arizona, to join Magma Copper is still vividly imprinted

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02 DEC 2005

Playing with the big boys

NATHAN McMahon is at the centre of a David versus Goliath mining saga currently enthralling Western Australia

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25 NOV 2005

From the bottom to the top

  MANNE Dipico, who is to become deputy chairman of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM), earned the money

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18 NOV 2005

A Midas touch

  JIMMY Goldsmith wrapped his arm around Peter Munk's shoulder and promised: “I can make you the Harry

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11 NOV 2005

Peace dividend

WHEN Tim George was touring institutional investors in London last month to raise money for Xceldiam

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04 NOV 2005

Not just a man's world

THERE are two good reasons for catching up with Ann Carpenter at her Reno, Nevada, base. Firstly, she

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04 NOV 2005

A woman with strict rules

MICHELE Ashby, who, as chief executive of the Denver Gold Group (DGG), turned its conferences into international,

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28 OCT 2005

A man with billions of interests

BATEMAN Engineering needs no introduction. After all, it has been doing work for mining companies for

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28 OCT 2005

Prodigal son

RICK Menell is currently involved in two IPOs (initial public offerings) taking place thousands of miles

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21 OCT 2005

Work-life balance

JEREMY Wrathall was fed up with working for a big bank in London. He had to be up at 4.45am every weekday

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21 OCT 2005

Hard assets

IAN Telfer says he was Rio Tinto's “partner of last resort”� not once, but three times. The first occasion

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14 OCT 2005

Time with the family

BELATED congratulations to Michael Kiernan, managing director of Consolidated Minerals. The reputedly

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14 OCT 2005

A son of Africa

FROM the very start of his career, Kalaa Mpinga has worked alongside powerful people. They included Harry

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07 OCT 2005

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