Two-million LTI-free hours achieved by firm

Smelter engineering firm Metix has passed a safety milestone by achieving its highest number of loss-time-injury- (LTI-) free hours on a number of projects undertaken between November 2008 and March 2012, says Metix project director Wynand Moolman.

LimDev to sell stake in ASA Metals to BEE partner

The Limpopo Economic Development Corporation (LimDev) is looking for a black economic-empowerment (BEE) partner to buy a stake in its ASA Metals joint venture (JV), as part of its socio-economic development plans. The South African provincial...

ASA Metals’ Dikolong furnace project now 26% complete

Furnace and smelter specialist Tenova Pyromet has completed 26% of its ASA Metals’ Dilokong mine project near Burgersfort.

SA a preferred destination for Chinese mining investment

IN terms of number of projects, South Africa currently ranks second equal among African countries regarding Chinese investment in mining. There are five mining projects in this country with greater or lesser degrees of Chinese investment.

Dilokong chrome mine expansion project, Limpopo, South Afric

The project aims to increase current production of ferrochrome at the Dilokong chrome mine to 365 000 t/y.

Chrome miner ASA appoints Tenova to build Dilokong ferrochrome furnaces

Charge chrome producer ASA Metals has commissioned Tenova Pyromet to design, fabricate and install two 66-MWA ferrochrome furnaces at its Dilokong chrome mine. “This is the largest project the company has done to date in terms of value and...

Power crisis won’t hinder Dilokong chrome expansion, says COO

ASA Metals, a joint venture between Eastern Asia Metals Investment, of China, and the Limpopo Economic Development Enterprise, of South Africa is expanding its Dilokong chrome mine.

ASA metals to build SA chrome mines, plant

ASA Metals, the joint venture between China's Eastern Asia Metals Investment and the Limpopo Economic Development Enterprise, plans to sink two new chrome-ore mine shafts and build a processing facility in South Africa, the company announced...

Materials-handling company secures three-year contract

Bulk materials handling company Fraser Alexander Bulk Mech (FABM), a division of the Fraser Alexander Group, and ferrochrome production company ASA Metals, have signed a contract whereby FABM will be responsible for all ASA Metals materials...

Materials-handling company secures three-year contract

Bulk materials handling company Fraser Alexander Bulk Mech (FABM), a division of the Fraser Alexander Group, and ferrochrome production company ASA Metals, have signed a contract whereby FABM will be responsible for all ASA Metals materials...

Construction of R30m metal-recovery plant under way in Mpumalanga

Construction of a R30-million metal-recovery plant has officially started at local ferrochrome producer ASA Metals’ Dilokong chrome mine, in Mpumulanga.

ASA Metals builds on quality

Burgersfort is exploding.