Strikers at the Spence copper mine agreed to resume wage talks with owner BHP Billiton on Friday in an effort to end a 39-day work stoppage that threatened to spread to the miner's other operations in Chile.
A leading Chilean mine union earlier...
Diversified miner Rio Tinto will receive proceeds of at least $741-million from transactions related to the initial public offering (IPO) of its Cloud Peak Energy unit, which started trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, the group...
A leading Chilean mine union on Friday threatened to halt output at mines owned by BHP Billiton in solidarity with strikers at its Spence deposit, fanning supply disruption fears in the top copper producer.
Such a move by the mining federation,...
Manufacturer of flexible conduits Flexicon, of the UK, and its local exclusive distributor and representative Elquip Solutions, aims to, as part of their marketing strategy, increase their focus on hazardous environments, including the mining...
Platinum researcher Johnson Matthey on Tuesday presented a bullish outlook for both platinum and palladium and spoke of deficits being on the way in both metals.
Johnson Matthey precious metals marketing director Mark Bedford told Mining Weekly...
Diversified industrial group Barloworld, which reported a 25% drop in operating profit to R1,9-billion for the year to September 30, 2009, said on Monday that it expected 2010 to be "another challenging year".
Group revenue declined by 10% to...
Following two weeks of leadership uncertainty, the board at South African power utility Eskom finally confirmed on Thursday that the resignation offer made by CEO Jacob Maroga during the board meeting of October 28 had been "clear and...
The South African government had completed its review of the Mining Charter, Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu said on Tuesday.
Shabangu said at the annual general meeting of the Chamber of Mines (CoM) that she was aware that the CoM...
The underlying logic of the call to nationalise South Africa's mining industry was the mining sector's status as "a precious gem in our country's sovereign crown", Chamber of Mines (CoM) president Sipho Nkosi said in Johannesburg on Tuesday....
The TauTona shaft of gold miner AngloGold Ashanti has been closed for two months, which will mean a 1 500 kg loss of gold production.
The shaft has been closed so that repair to steelwork can take place safely, following the falling down a sub...
South Africa Incorporated needed to thrash out a workable, collective solution to its electricity pricing issue, which, together with the strong rand, was putting the country's future employment capacity at significant risk, AngloGold Ashanti CEO...
South Africa needed to apply its mind to solving the electricity price issue to avoid widespread knock-on effects that would seriously stunt economic growth and spark a new round of wage demands, Harmony Gold CEO Graham Briggs said on Friday.
The...
Plans for the build-up of JSE-listed gold major Gold Fields’ 50-year-life mechanised South Deep mine are progressing rapidly, states Gold Fields vice-president and head of South African operations Vishnu Pillay.