City Fleet standardises on local Bell TLBs

Ethekwini Municipality’s City Fleet took delivery of eleven Bell Tractor-Loader-Backhoes (TLBs) and ten Bomag BW75H Walk-Behind Rollers at the end of July, in line with the municipality’s procurement policy to support local manufacturers and...

Peabody, Arcelor take A$4.7bn bid to Macarthur shareholders

Australian coal Macarthur Coal is continuing its discussions with “a number of” other interested parties, chairperson Keith DeLacy said on Monday, as suitors Peabody Energy and ArcelorMittal took its A$4.7-billion bid directly to Macarthur...

SA iron-ore mining presents exciting growth opportunities

Iron-ore producer Kumba Iron Ore’s presentation on creating a growing and sustainable iron-ore and steel value chain in South Africa reports that iron-ore mining presents exciting growth opportunities and could double to about 100-million tons a...

Anglo still talking to Eskom on power plant possibility – Carroll

Diversified miner Anglo American was continuing its power discussions with South Africa's State utility, Eskom, on the possibility of a power plant being built that would make use of Anglo's discard coal. Anglo Thermal Coal has large volumes of...

14/05/2010 (On-The-Air)

South Africa's deep-level gold miners are planning a veritable journey to the centre of the earth; moral suasion is now imperative to prevent South Africa's steel industry from sabotaging local manufacture and South Africa's Sasol has bought a...

Campbell to head BHP’s iron-ore operations

Australia-based diversified miner BHP Billiton has appointed Chris Campbell as president of its iron-ore division, succeeding Ian Ashby, who would become CEO of the Western Australian iron-ore production joint venture (JV) with Rio Tinto. In his...

Manganese project’s cost to come down 
as a result of economic downturn

The Kalagadi Manganese project will take advantage of the current economic environment, which has resulted in lower input and development costs, Kalagadi Resources chairperson Daphne Mashile-Nkosi stated during a recent mine visit to the Northern...

Cash-pumping Kumba set to spend R4bn a year in ongoing iron-ore capex

Cash-pumping JSE-listed Kumba Iron Ore (KIO), which reversed the global cutback trend and increased its production 14% in the first half of the year, expects to be spending capital in South Africa at a rate of R4-billion a year going forward, KIO...

SA's Transnet sets Jan 16 deadline for manganese rail allocation process

South Africa's State-owned transport company Transnet has set January 16 as the deadline for manganese miners to express interest in participating in a 2009 export rail allocation process - or face disqualification. Transnet has mandated...

SKF South Africa

SKF South Africa is exhibiting items from all of our five key platforms, i.e. seals, bearings and units, lubrication systems, mechatronics and services.

Norilsk hires former HSBC official to advise on corporate strategy

The world's biggest miner of nickel and palladium, Norilsk Nickel, has appointed former HSBC resources and energy sector chief Adrian Coates as the company's senior adviser on corporate strategy, the group said on Friday. Coates left HSBC in...

Real Economy Report

This is the Real Economy Report. Our top stories this week: we explore the efforts being made to reduce air pollution from South Africa's newest coal-fired power station, the energy boom spurs a R100m manufacturing investment in Pretoria and, we...