[Mining Indaba 2010] Day IV (over and out)
By Matthew Kennard:
This is going to be a truncated (and my last) dispatch. Although Indaba calls itself a four-day conference, it’s really not. Thursday is pack-up day for the companies in the main hall (and Corporate Social Responsibility day in the lecture theatre).
[Mining Indaba 2010] Day III
By Matthew Kennard.
Wednesday was all about investment security and Africa. The conference was addressed by South African mining minister, Susan Shabangu, who made noises a lot of people in room liked.
[Mining Indaba 2010] Day II
By Matthew Kennard.
To mangle Karl Marx: A spectre is haunting Indaba – the spectre of China. I know I keep banging on it but its everywhere. It’s strange I haven’t seen too many Chinese operators – probably because while the rest of us are sinking drinks on the party circuit they are sitting in their hotels colouring different African countries in pink.
[Mining Indaba 2010] Reflections on Day 1
He may have been robbed but that hasn’t stopped FT Alphaville’s man on the ground at the Indaba mining conference in Cape Town from filing his thoughts on the opening day of the industry’s annual South African jamboree.
[Mining Indaba 2010] Preview (Frank Timis update)
By Matthew Kennard, our man-on-the-ground at the mining industry’s annual jamboree in South Africa.
Welcome to the Mining Indaba 2010; I’ll be your guide through the biggest industry junket of the year taking place in sunny Cape Town over the next week.