Copper gains with US tariffs deadline less than a month away
Copper on the LME was up 0.4% to $13 687.50 a ton on Monday by 11:44 a.m. in Shanghai, while heading for its highest close since May 14 on Comex with a gain of 1% to $6.45 a pound.
AI bubble debate gets real as chip stocks rally turns historic
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Semiconductor Index is on pace for its best quarter ever after soaring 69% in the past two months.
Oil rises from six-week low amid uncertainty over US-Iran deal
Brent for August settlement rose 2.5% to $93.40 a barrel at 10:09 a.m. in Singapore
Congo’s Ebola footprint widens as officials race to gauge epidemic’s true scale
The outbreak’s apparent geographic footprint expanded to 22 affected health zones across three eastern provinces — from 13 reported just days earlier — according to government data.
Rates have only just started rising – retailers are already struggling
A look at Spar’s shock trading update, which erased years of share price gains in a single trading session, and why investors are taking a fresh look at resilient emerging markets.
When governance becomes optional, systemic failure becomes inevitable
Institutional decay, identity fraud, the crisis of accountability in South Africa – from gradual deterioration to tipping point where recovery becomes significantly more difficult and expensive.
Citizens told ‘go back where you came from’
Zimbabwe is selling contested land, telling the people it resettled there that they must go – it’s all just unthinkable, unbelievable.
Glencore-Merafe halts layoff plans as Nersa throws smelters a lifeline
Energy regulator approves electricity tariff of 62c/kWh for the ferrochrome industry.
More problems loom as Spar crashes back to 2008 levels
Will the wholesaler ever be able to return to 3% operating margins?
Localisation lifeline: Can manufacturing rescue SA’s jobs crisis?
Sicelo Masuku, technical and standards executive at Saipa, joins our debut episode to discuss how feasible it is for SMEs to help drive jobs back into the economy, and whether localisation is the answer.