Martin Creamer

BHP Billiton’s Southern African aluminium smelters unlikely to attract 
a major share of the group’s capex

Southern Africa’s aluminium smelters appear to be heading for an ex-growth future.

Implats’ overlapping rights ‘not material’, 
Keysha withdraws claim

The overlapping mineral rights issue that platinum miner Implats has encountered at its Afplats project site is “not material”, Implats CEO David Brown told Mining Weekly Online on Thursday.

Mining and rehabilitation at Vele to take place simultaneously

Mining and rehabilitation will take place concurrently at Coal of Africa’s (CoAL’s) Vele’s opencast coal project where South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has ordered mining to cease.

Neal Froneman

Position: President and CEO of Gold One Limited Date and place of birth: September 17, 1959, Johannesburg Education: Pr. Eng; B.Sc. Mech Eng (Wits); B.Compt (UNISA), Mine Managers and Engineers Government Certificate of Competency First job:...

South African mining industry’s 2013 zero-harm attainment unlikely – social scientist

South Africa’s mining industry has committed itself to reducing the vast majority of accidents and certainly deaths by 2013. The CEOs of more than 30 companies determined that 2013 will be the year in which South Africa’s mine safety will be...

Aluminium smelters unlikely to attract major capex, honouring ICC licence order in DRC’s ‘best interests’, rand ‘unceremoniously’ frays Implats platinum basket

Southern Africa’s aluminium smelters appear to be heading for an ex-growth future. BHP Billiton CEO Marius Kloppers, who has announced a 16%-higher $12,5-billion profit for the world’s largest mining company in the 12 months to June 30,...

UPCOMING R7BN CAPEX

Platinum miner Implats expects R7-billion to be spent on its capital expenditure projects in its current 2011 financial year (FY11) to end June 2011, well up on the R4,6-billion spent in its FY10 that ended on June 30. Implats CEO David Brown...

Govt-halted CoAL 'left no choice' but to lay off 596, unions march

The directive of the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to halt mining at the Vele colliery has left Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) "with no choice" but to reduce its workforce by 596 people, CoAL CEO John Wallington said on Wednesday....

Illegal gold-mining syndicates smashed – Pan African

Police have arrested six of the seven gold-theft syndicate leaders that have been plaguing Barberton gold mines, London Aim- and JSE-listed Pan African CEO Jan Nelson told Mining Weekly Online on Tuesday. Nelson said that police were also in hot...

Evraz Highveld working on mining right conversion

JSE-listed integrated iron-ore and vanadium miner and steelmaker Evraz Highveld is working with the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) to convert its old-order mining right to a new-order right. "We're working closely with the DMR at the...