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Restructuring casualty

SOME South African observers reckon there might be others who will follow the example of Matie von Wielligh,

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13 JAN 2006

In the public eye

NO OTHER geologist can have had so much personal abuse heaped on him over so many years as has James

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13 JAN 2006

Northern light

AFTER Jim Excell completed his degree in mechanical engineering at the University of British Columbia,

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06 JAN 2006

Storm warning

JO MALINS offered to resign as finance director of AIM-listed mining-finance house Cambrian Mining, but

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06 JAN 2006

A corporate recovery

NOBODY knows better than Simon Farrell that mining can have its disasters as well as triumphs. He spent

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22 DEC 2005

Secondary supplies

IN THE past, one sure indication metals prices had reached their peak was a flood of reports about thieves

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22 DEC 2005

Australian shuffle

“We are committed to developing our executives and see this as an ideal time to broaden the experience

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16 DEC 2005

Star witness

PLACER Dome Inc's chief executive, Peter Tomsett, must surely have followed closely evidence given by

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16 DEC 2005

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

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

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

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

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

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