Blyvooruitzicht mine, South Africa

An underground mine, situated in the Witwatersrand.

Savuka mine, South Africa

A gold operation located in Johannesburg.

Village reports 18% production growth

JSE-listed Village Main Reef (Village) on Thursday reported a strong performance for the September quarter, with operating profit from operations jumping 337% and production rising 18%. The higher production, combined with record gold prices...

Resources Watch

This week: A Mining for Change meeting hears that a diamond community is worse off post-1994. LontohCoal enters the export market with its first shipment to Ethiopia. And, DRDGold is considering Blyvoor offers with plans to name the buyer in...

Five workers injured at DRDGold's Blyvoor

South African gold miner DRDGold said on Tuesday that the immediate area affected by a seismic event at the No 5 shaft of its 74%-owned Blyvooruitzicht mine had been quartened off, owing to an earlier accident that left five mineworkers injured.

Resources Watch

This week: Cost pressures are being felt throughout the mining sector, says Xstrata-Merafe. DRDGold is seeking the ‘right’ investors for the Blyvoor mine. And, ARM earmarks R10-billion for growth.

Thousands of workers to down tools at Blyvoor in mourning

More than 4 200 mineworkers would down tools at DRDGold’s Blyvooruitzicht mine on Thursday, to mourn the death of eight people, who were killed in last week’s bus accident. The bus, operated by a transport company under contract to the mine,...

Village announces board appointment

Richard de Villiers has joined the board of JSE-listed Village Main Reef as human resources director on Friday. De Villiers began his career at Blyvooruitzicht mine and has been involved in the industry for the past 40 years, the company said in...

Eight DRDGold workers die in Blyvoor bus crash

South African gold-miner DRDGold said eight of its employees had died and 37 were injured in a bus accident at its Blyvooruitzicht mine, near Carletonville, on Friday morning. The bus, operated by a transport company under contract to the mine,...

Deon van der Mescht

Position: President and CEO of First Uranium Corporation since March 2010 Main activity of the company: TSX and JSE-listed gold and uranium miner Date and place of birth: April 17, 1963, Evander Education: Evander High School, matric, 1981; NHD...

DRDGold to be more volume driven at Blyvooruitzicht

While JSE-listed gold-miner DRDGold’s Blyvooruitzicht (Blyvoor) mine, near Carletonville, was trending towards sustainability, CEO Niël Pretorius, stressed that it was critical for the mine to become more volume driven. DRDGold on Wednesday...

Planting for the future

As part of its commitment to contributing to the long-term economic wellbeing of the areas in which it operates, gold producer DRDGOLD has launched the Morogo hydroponic vegetable growing project at its Blyvooruitzicht mine, during 2009, to...