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MANGANESE

UMK ‘comes of age’ as it opens final infrastructure

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United Manganese of Kalahari (UMK) had “come of age” as it unveiled its now fully operational manganese mine, near Hotazel, less than 10 years after the formation of its joint venture (JV). The R1.2-billion mine, developed by a 49:51 JV...

By: Natasha Odendaal

22nd May 2013

RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE

Transnet moves on plan to build heavy-haul manganese corridor to Coega

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A R2.3-billion project to upgrade the railways network from the manganese-rich Northern Cape province to the Port of Ngqura, in the Eastern Cape, has been approved, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) CEO Siyabonga Gama revealed on Tuesday. Speaking at a...

By: Terence Creamer

21st May 2013

MANGANESE

Scoping study proves up Mansa for Kaboko

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A scoping study for Kaboko Mining’s Mansa manganese project, in Zambia, has confirmed the project’s economics and mine plan. Kaboko said on Tuesday that the completion of the mine plan was critical to the operating programme and pit design,...

By: Esmarie Swanepoel

21st May 2013

FERROUS METALS

Manganese, iron-ore junior awards beneficiation plant contract

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Manganese and iron-ore junior Diro Resources has contracted bulk materials handling solutions provider ELB Engineering Services to design, supply and construct a 200-t/h dense-medium separation (DMS) plant and related infrastructure to beneficiate...

By: Samantha Moolman

10th 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

MANGANESE

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

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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

MANGANESE

OMH lifts production at Bootu Creek

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Manganese miner OM Holdings (OMH) has increased production from its Bootu Creek operation, as the benefits of an owner-operator mining fleet became noticeable. The miner said on Tuesday that production for the three months to March had reached...

By: Esmarie Swanepoel

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

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Port Elizabeth Perth Cape Town Kathu Johannesburg Pretoria London New York	Education Kalahari Resources Kudumane Resources Majestic Silver Trading Ntle Manganese UMK BHP Billiton Transnet Freight Rail Diro Resources ELB Engineering Services EPE Engineering Solutions Materials Handling Mining Weekly Transnet Nedbank Stats SA Alphamin Resources Beacon Rock Corporate Services Kalagadi Kivu Resources Metmar Investments OM Holdings BlackRock EPFR Global ING Investment Management Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Reuters Sica Wealth Management VTB Capital	Russia South Africa Zambia Canada Democratic Republic Of Congo Rwanda United States China Germany Netherlands	Port Of Ngqura DMS Plant EPE Facility Kathu-based Mine Saldanha Port Kalagadi Plant Qinzhou Smelter
Industry Term	Natural Feature	Person	Province Or State
Black Economic-empowerment Manganese Producer Transport Rail Network Railways Network Steel Cost Insurance Final Product Freight Logistics Transportation Adjusted Mining Production Cold-shoulder Mining Mining Life-of-mine Strip Ratio Mining Operation Owner-operator Mining Fleet Manufacturing Powerhouse Oil	Northern Cape Eastern Cape Kalahari West Coast Bootu Creek	Johan Kriek Lazarus Mbethe Siyabonga Gama Kaboko Mining Nico Smit Stephen Meijers David Ellwood Michael Golding Peter Gain Rupert Smith Tom Borman Zulu Andrey Kryuchenkov Ashok Shah Jeff Sica Johan Jooste Koen Straetmans	Eastern Cape New Jersey
Region	Currency	Technology	Continent
West Coast South Africa	AUD USD	Flash Service Level Agreement	Europe