A lull in JSE results ends on Monday with interim results from Anglo American Platinum (Amplats). Its fellow Anglo American subsidiary, Kumba Iron Ore, reports on Tuesday, and the parent group on Thursday.State-owned Eskom is scheduled to release its annual report for the 2018 financial year on Monday.Energy analyst Tom Blom e-mailed a list of things to look out for in Eskom’s results. These included R30bn in derivative losses emanating from the Gupta capture of Eskom’s treasury, and the cost of 30,000 unnecessary employees — several thousand of which Blom suspects are "ghost workers".Amplats said on July 16 it expected to report on Monday that interim headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the six months to end-June were more than four times the matching period’s R2.85.Amplats said it expected to report a turnaround in basic earnings per share to between R7.78 and R8.66 from the matching period’s loss per share of R4.53.Alphamin Resources and Astoria Investments may also release re...
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