Ted Black: A starry night on the JSE
Ted Black says Rainbow’s critical number is the one that many firms should focus on but don’t attach enough importance to.
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Kumba will defend itself against a R5.5 billion tax assessment by the South Africa Revenue Service.
As Anglo American scales back its operations in South Africa, the government says this could encourage the emergence of “new black economic empowerment champions.”
Anglo American, which reported that losses doubled to $5.62 billion in 2015, will accelerate its exit from coal and may sell or spin off its South African iron ore division.
Lonmin and Kumba Iron Ore plan to scale back operations, cut costs and reduce jobs at key mines as the slide in commodity prices bites further.
South Africa’s largest mining union said on Thursday that 11,000 of its members could lose their jobs under planned cost cutting by mining companies.
South African logistics group, Transnet, said that lower global iron ore prices had not hurt its rail business.
Shares in Exxaro Resources fell Tuesday after SA’s second-biggest coal miner said lower export iron ore prices hit its earnings.
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