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MINE SAFETY

Vale to restart operations at Ontario mines

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Brazilian mining giant Vale said on Monday it has begun to restart mining operations at its five nickel-copper mines in Sudbury, in northern Ontario, after suspending output last week following the death of a worker in an underground accident....
7th February 2012
 
 
Mining Indaba Preview

Sustainable development takes centre stage at indaba

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Devising a successful business strategy by addressing the environmental and social challenges faced by mining companies will be one of the main focus points for this year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba’s sustainable development segment.
27th January 2012
 
 
INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Implats says 15% of rock drill operators back at work

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Only 15% of the 5 000 rock drill operators who where participating in an illegal strike over salary grievances at Impala Platinum’s (Implats’) Rustenburg operations had reapplied for their jobs by Thursday afternoon. Implats fired the...
26th January 2012
 
 
MINE FATALITY

Fatality at Two Rivers platinum mine

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African Rainbow Minerals has reported a fatality at the Two Rivers platinum mine, a joint venture with Impala Platinum. Operations were halted at the mine on Saturday to allow for the re-evaluation of safety procedures after an employee was...
23rd January 2012
 
 
Corporate Social Responsibility

Kolomela mine gears up for production, invests in community

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This year will usher in the opening of the Kolomela Mine, Anglo American company Kumba Iron Ore’s R8.5-billion development near Postmasburg, in the Northern Cape, which is set to produce nine-million tons of iron ore a year over 28 years.
20th January 2012
 
 
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

EIA submitted for Namibia marine phosphates project

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ASX- and TSX-listed Minemakers has submitted a draft environmental-impact assessment (EIA) and draft environmental management plan (EMP) for the marine component of its proposed Sandpiper phosphate project, in Namibia. The report, lodged with the...
13th January 2012
 
 
COAL

Mozambique families protest against Brazil's Vale

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Families resettled by Brazilian mining giant Vale in the Tete region of Mozambique protested on Tuesday that the company had failed to keep promises it made to them in 2009. About 700 families, resettled approximately 60 km away from the Moatize...
11th January 2012
 
 
climate change

Fuel cells provide clean power, cut carbon, sustain jobs

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Hydrogen fuel cells using platinum catalysts are efficient, versatile and scaleable and represent a proven technology that bestows clean, reliable and cost-effective power.
16th December 2011
 
 
 
 
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