Global furnace group boasts numerous projects

Local furnace supplier Tenova Pyromet is undertaking the design and supply of components for two ferrochrome furnaces for use at the Xstrata-Merafe Lion ferrochrome complex, in Limpopo.

Discipline of and reliance on health and safety officers vital

The role of discipline in the improvement of mine health and safety, as well as the role of health and safety officers and representatives upholding health and safety standards on mines are of great importance, says Johannesburg law firm Brink...

Fuel cell makes loco debut, better than asteroid mining, big demand change needed

A platinum-using fuel cell is driving a locomotive in a South African platinum mine; a platinum miner quips about asteroid mining; and current weak platinum demand is seen as hugely problematic.

Amplats reports fewer safety stops, refined output falls on maintenance

The world’s largest platinum producer Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) is confident it would refine and sell between 2.5-million ounces and 2.6-million ounces of platinum this year, despite maintenance delaying its first-quarter refined...

Modikwa production to resume as wage deal is reached

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and Modikwa platinum mine have settled at a wage increase of 8.5% at supervisory level to 10% at the lower levels, diversified miner African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) spokesperson Jongisa Klaas told Mining...

SA govt grants PTM mining right

Canada’s Platinum Group Metals (PTM) has received a mining right from the South African government for its flagship project in the country, the TSX- and Amex-listed company said on Wednesday. PTM also said it would finalise by the end of the...

NUM threatens to intensify strike as Modikwa withdraws offer

Modikwa platinum mine, a joint venture between African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) and Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), has withdrawn from negotiations with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). The mine said on Wednesday that the protracted...

Bongani Nqwababa

Position: Finance director of Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) Main activity of company: Leading global platinum group metals (PGMs) producer Date and place of birth: March 5, 1966, in Harare, Zimbabwe Education: B Acc (Hons), MBA, CA (Zimbabwe)...

SA’s pressured platinum industry affects valve sales

Valve manufacturing and supply company Dynamic Fluid Control (DFC) says the struggling platinum industry in South Africa has led to a lack of sales in mining valves.

Valve supplier benefits from mining industry

Valve and valve-related product supplier TTV Fluval reports that the mining industry has been a significant consumer of its range of Smart valve positioners since its launch, with products mostly being supplied to gold- and platinum- mining...

Strike punishing platinum, value sharing proposal, junior miner incentive

The plight of South Africa’s platinum-mining industry is far more crucial than most South Africans seem to acknowledge;Anglo American Platinum's Vishnu Pillay puts forward a proposal of value sharing;Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan keeps support...

Government stoppages put platinum under Anglo spotlight

What can a chief executive do if his mine is shut down by the force of the law? Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) CEO Neville Nicolau has become a victim of circumstances. Amplats is under the spotlight even thought he did very well in the...