Welcome to Creamer Media’s Resources Watch, a weekly video round-up of the events and people making and shaping the news in the mining industry.
This week:
Sasol nears the tail end of its R15.3-billion mine replacement project in Secunda.
Brazil’s Vale stresses the importance of community engagement.
And, Stonewall aims to mine 36 000 ounces a year from Mpumalanga tailings in the next ten years.
A sweeping R15.3-billion project that will replace three of petrochemical group Sasol’s ageing coal mines across the Secunda coalfields of Mpumalanga continues to advance within budget and will supply the group’s nearby Synfuels complex with 42-million tons of coal a year for the next 35 years.
Sasol Mining senior VP Peter Steenkamp
Community engagement is critically important to ensure the safety, security and sustainability of any mining operation, says Brazilian mining major Vale.
Vale corporate security and crisis manager Ademar Barros Moura Filho
Gold miner Stonewall Resources aims to produce 36 000 oz/y of gold during the next ten years from premined residue at its Transvaal Gold Mining Estate (TGME) complex, in the Sabie-Pilgrim’s Rest goldfield, in Mpumalanga.
Stonewall CEO Lloyd Birrell
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