New resin roofbolt used at Amandelbult mine

Manufacturer and supplier of mining construction products DSI South Africa has supplied platinum-mining company Anglo Platinum's Amandelbult mine, near Northam, in Limpopo, with its new DD 25-mm resin roofbolt for underground rock support.

Breathing new life into old locomotives

Two 33-year-old General Electric U10B locomotives, which belong to platinum producer Anglo Platinum’s (Angloplat’s) Amandelbult mine, were given a new lease of life when they were completely refurbished and put back into service in March 2010.

Relationship building is key to success

Engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) firm Hatch reports that it currently has projects under way for 15 of the largest metals companies in the world. One of these projects involves Hatch providing its EPCM services for the...

Pump producer on 
top of the world

Pump supplier Watson-Marlow Bredel (W-MB) is aiming to achieve double-digit real term growth in 2009, says W-MB GM Nico van Schalkwyk.

Probes into several recent mineworker deaths advancing

Gold producer DRDGold would make representations to the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) this Thursday, following a fatal accident at its East Rand Proprietary Mine, on Friday September 19, in which two workers died. The bodies of the dead...

SA mine death toll rises as two separate accidents claim more lives

A number of mineworkers from three different mining operations had died during the past two days, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) spokesperson Lesiba Seshoka confirmed on Friday. Seshoka said during a telephonic interview that three...

Worker dies at Implats’ Rustenburg mine

Impala Platinum (Implats) confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that a mineworker had died at its Rustenburg mine, as a result of an accident involving one of the battery operated locomotives in an underground development area of the mine. The...

Angloplat’s Amandelbult remains closed after accident

Anglo Platinum’s (Angloplat’s) Amandelbult mine, near Rustenburg, remained shut on Tuesday, following a transport derailment fatality on Monday in which one worker died. Spokesperson Simon Tebele said that a full investigation was under way,...

Daily podcast – September 16, 2008

In today's podcast: Airbus expects South Africa's air traffic to increase by 7%, PPC has released the final 1 200-page environmental-impact report for its planned R4-billion expansion and upgrade of Riebeeck cement factory and, a mineworker has...

Angloplat's Amandelbult resumes blasting

World number-one platinum-miner Anglo Platinum said on Wednesday that government had lifted its nearly ten-day suspension of drilling and blasting at the Amandelbult mine, northwest of Johannesburg. "The suspension has been lifted, and drilling...

Blasting at Angloplat’s Amandelbult expected to resume late on Friday

Anglo Platinum (Angloplat), majority owned by Anglo American, was hoping to resume blasting at its Amandelbult mine on Friday, after these activities were halted on Monday when a worker died. Spokesperson Simon Tebele said that the company would...

PGM prices boost platinum bigwig

Platinum producer Anglo Platinum, has achieved significantly higher US dollar prices on its sales, owing to strong demand and a constrained supply of platinum group metals (PGMs) to the market by the leading producers, reports the company.