Samancor Chrome prepares to retrench, 900 jobs at risk

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - South African chrome-miner and ferrochrome producer Samancor Chrome said on Tuesday that it was preparing to retrench workers as a consequence of its planned 55% cut in smelter production and 50% cut in...

Samancor Chrome prepares to retrench, 900 jobs at risk

South African chrome-miner and ferrochrome producer Samancor Chrome said on Tuesday that it was preparing to retrench workers as a consequence of its planned 55% cut in smelter production and 50% cut in chrome mining during 2009. Of the 4 800...

Samancor Chrome unveils long-term Esop

The world’s second-largest producer of ferrochrome, Samancor Chrome, has launched a broad-based employee empowerment trust that will benefit all the company’s bargaining unit employees.

Samancor Chrome unveils employee-ownership scheme

Ferrochrome producer Samancor Chrome on Thursday launched its Ndizani Workers Employee Share Ownership Programme (Esop) trust, whereby about R2-billion worth of shares, would be sold to the trust for R400-million. The scheme would receive 9% of...

Instrumentation firm secures big gold-miner contract

Mining giant Harmony Gold Company Ltd has ordered 61 reflectorless Topcon GPT-3005N Total Stations for its underground mining operations, in order to upgrade and standardise on this hi-tech survey equipment across the board.

Resources giant's strong Aussie-Africa ties

Mid-2001 saw the merger of Australia’s BHP Limited and UK-headquartered Billiton Plc to form BHP Billiton.

On the shoulders of a giant

The R8,6bn assets-only transaction

Process overhaul for the production of earthmoving equipment parts

A local manufacturer of chromed and induction-hardened piston hydraulic rods is working on improved processing techniques for better quality products.

Xstrata-SA Chrome announce big empowered alliance

Swiss mining group Xstrata and empowered chrome producer South African Chrome & Alloys (SA Chrome) yesterday announced that they had reached an agreement to establish a shared venture, known as Xstrata-SA Chrome, into which both companies will...

Lwala chrome-mine enviro study moves ahead

The draft environmental-impact report (EIR), to develop an environmental management programme report for Samancor Chrome’s proposed Lwala development, will be available for public comment later this month.

Final enviro deadline for new ferrochrome project

Interested and affected parties have until today (Feb 21) to voice any objections to the environmental-impact assessment (EIA) and the environmental management programme report (EMPR) submitted by Transvaal Ferro-Chrome for its Buffelsfontein...

Final enviro deadline for new ferrochrome project

Interested and affected parties have until today (Feb 21) to voice any objections to the environmental-impact assessment (EIA) and the environmental management programme report (EMPR) submitted by Transvaal Ferro-Chrome for its Buffelsfontein...