Platinum close to reaching supply-demand balance

This year, the platinum market looks set to remain close to balancing demand and supply, following last year’s platinum demand recovery, says precious metals company Johnson Matthey publication manager Dr Jonathan Butler.

Lanxess Mining achieves 1,5m fatality-free shifts

Chrome ore supplier to the chemicals industry Lanxess South Africa’s mining division has achieved 1,5-million fatality-free shifts at the company’s chrome mine, near Rustenburg.

BEE firm clinches belt cleaning, garden services deal with chrome miner

Chrome ore supplier to the chemical industry Lanxess South Africa’s mining division has signed a contract with Khupe Maintenance and Projects for belt cleaning and gardening services at Lanxess’s chrome mine, near Rustenburg, on a permanent...

Supplier starts 
manufacturing pumps locally

Pumps and spares for original South African and UK pumps are now locally manufactured by pumps and products supplier Mather+Platt South Africa, under the leadership of JSE-listed industrial engineering holding company PSV Holdings.

Explosives firm signs up to carbon footprint reduction initiative

Blasting solutions company AEL Mining Services has committed itself to an initiative to reduce the group’s carbon footprint at its operations.

Investors take closer look at rare earth elements as technology, green revolution pick up pace

Plucked from obscurity owing to growing demand, the world’s 16 rare earth elements (REEs) are a bit of a conundrum. For one, they are not actually rare. They are found in much higher quantities and much greater concentration than precious...

Investors take closer look at rare earth elements as technology, green revolution pick up pace

Plucked from obscurity owing to growing demand, the world’s 16 rare earth elements (REEs), are a bit of a conundrum.

Homeland Energy opens Kendal colliery in SA

TSX-listed Homeland Energy Group would continue to pursue further growth opportunities in South Africa, Southern Africa and in the US, CEO Stephen Coates affirmed on Wednesday. The miner on Wednesday officially opened its flagship coal mine, the...

Local supplier chosen for Gautrain contract

Established in 1973, Putzmeister South Africa is supplying equipment in an ongoing contract to the Bombela Consortium for the Gautrain rapid rail project.

Coal an essential ingredient – report

Coal has many uses worldwide. The most significant uses are in electricity generation, steel production, cement manufacturing and other industrial processes, and as a liquid fuel states the World Coal Institute (WCI) in a report on its website.

Increased sales for SA chemicals sector

The chemical industry experienced a R27-billion increase in sales compared to 2005. Estimated at around R197-billion for sales, R69,4-million from imports and R38,6-million from exports, the South African Chemical and Allied Industry Association...

SA's bulk chemicals output larger than expected – DTI

The domestic chemical industry into the second largest manufacturing sector in South Africa, second only to the food sector turnover, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reports. Given that South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...