BHP exits titanium, sells RBM stake to Rio

Mining giant BHP Billiton said on Wednesday it would exit the titanium minerals industry in South Africa, selling its 37% stake in mineral sands producer Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) to Rio Tinto. The deal would double Rio Tinto’s stake in RBM...

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BHP Billiton aluminium gives 130 MW back to South Africa

BHP Billlton’s aluminium business in Richards Bay has voluntarily put 130 MW back into the South African power grid. BHP Billiton South Africa communications and external affairs VP Johnny Dladla told a visiting media contingent hosted by...

BHP sees strong interest for SA coal rights, to sell by June

BHP Billiton aims to wrap up the sale of the South African coal prospecting rights it put out to tender by the end of June, it said on Tuesday. “We’ve received a lot of interest,” BHP Billiton South Africa chairperson Xolani Mkhwanazi told...

South Africa has major manganese potential to unlock – BHP Billiton

South Africa has substantial manganese potential to unlock through the provision of adequate rail infrastructure, says BHP Billiton South Africa chairperson Xolani Mkhwanazi. Mkhwanazi, who is also president of the Chamber of Mines of South...

Anglo should follow BHP in releasing South African coal rights – Shabangu

Mining major Anglo American should take a cue from its mining peer BHP Billiton and shed some of its coal rights to allow new entrants to enter the coal exploration market, says Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu. “I hope Anglo American...

BHP puts coal prospecting rights up for sale in SA

BHP Billiton Energy Coal South Africa (BECSA) will divest some of its currently undeveloped coal prospecting rights to focus on its existing operations throughout South Africa. BECSA on Monday reported that other industry members would be better...

AngloGold Ashanti’s new $700m Australian mine, BHP Billiton donates to Business Against Crime, Creamer Media launches African Mining Roundup

The Tropicana gold project in Australia - the first fruit of AngloGold Ashanti’s global exploration programme - has received the thumbs up. Read on page 12 of this edition of Mining Weekly of the view that this is already a tier-one asset in...

BHP Billiton donates to Business Against Crime, calls on others to follow suit

Mining company BHP Billiton South Africa, which has donated R1-million to Business Against Crime South Africa (Bacsa), has called on other corporate companies to follow suit. “We can’t have a sustainable country with high levels of crime,”...

BHP Billiton donates to Business Against Crime

Mining company BHP Billiton South Africa, which has donated R1-million to Business Against Crime South Africa (Bacsa), has called on other corporate companies to follow suit. "We can't have a sustainable country with high levels of crime," says...

Xolani Mkhwanazi

Position: Chairperson, BHP Billiton South Africa Main activity of the company: Resources Date and place of birth: March 25, 1955, Hlabisa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Education: BSc (Maths & Physics); MSc, PhD (Applied Physics) First job: Bank...

South Africa awards BHP Billiton petroleum exploration rights

Mining giant BHP Billiton has been awarded petroleum exploration rights offshore of South Africa's West Coast. Petroleum Agency SA CEO Mthozami Xiphu told Mining Weekly Online on Tuesday that the agency had issued the long-awaited permit on...