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Lanxess granted new-order mining rights for Rustenburg chrome mine

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German specialty chemicals group Lanxess was granted new order mining rights by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) in April, resulting in organisational changes within the company’s mining operations, including changes to the ownership...
By: Leandi Kolver
17th May 2013
 
 
MINING OUTPUT

SA mining output falls in March after two-month recovery

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South Africa’s mining output contracted by 3.5% in March, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported on Thursday. This followed two consecutive months of recovery, rising 6.7% and 6.8% in January and February respectively.
By: Natasha Odendaal
9th May 2013
 
 
DIVERSIFIED MINER

Weather hits ENRC iron-ore output in Q1

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Kazakh mining group ENRC said severe weather in the first quarter hit both its iron ore mining and processing operations, taking the shine off better news from abroad as it ramps up its copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a trading...
By: Reuters
9th May 2013
 
 
MANGANESE

Loss-making Metmar cold-shoulders mining, returns to trading roots Video Available

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Metmar CE David Ellwood A R65-million operating loss in the 12 months to February 28 has prompted JSE-listed Metmar to cold-shoulder mining and re-embrace metals trading base on which the company was founded. “Our focus going forward is on the trading business and not...
By: Martin Creamer
30th April 2013
 
 
COMMODITIES

Slower world growth gives commodity investors cold feet

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Investors are staying away from commodities, fearing that the worst is yet to come after prices plunged in April on signs of slower world economic growth. Wealth managers have been pulling money from commodities since the start of the year,...
By: Reuters
29th April 2013
 
 
MINING INVESTMENT

Looming China/Africa head-on collision – Solomon Video Available

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J&J Group executive director Michael Solomon An economic head-on collision was looming between Chinese business imperatives and Africa’s aspirations to derive more benefit from their continent’s minerals, J&J Group executive director Michael Solomon warned on Wednesday. Speaking at the...
By: Martin Creamer
17th April 2013
 
 
MINERAL BENEFICIATION

Chinese group earmarks $20m for Zim ferrochrome smelter acquisitions

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Chinese chrome processor Afro-Chine Smelting says it is to spend more than $20-million on acquiring and building six chrome smelters in Zimbabwe, two of which will be commissioned in the country's Midlands province in July, initially producing up...
By: Oscar Nkala
12th April 2013
 
 
EMISSIONS CONTROL

Joburg firm erecting baghouses at Xstrata’s Lion ferrochrome complex

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Actom Air Pollution Control, a division of local electromechanical equipment and turnkey solutions provider Actom, is in the process of erecting the first of three bag houses, in fulfilment of a contract awarded by global diversified miner...
By: Samantha Moolman
22nd March 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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