R12m cooling 
project for steel mill

Piping solutions company Victaulic and cooling and heat transfer consultancy Evapco have expanded the process cooling systems at the Middelburg, Mpumalanga province, mill of steel producer Columbus Stainless.

Tom Albanese

Position: Chief Executive Officer, Rio Tinto, since May 2007 Main activity of the company: Globally diversified mining company

PGM-miner Stillwater plans to cut output, jobs

US platinum-group metals (PGM) miner Stillwater Mining will scale down operations at its East Boulder mine, reduce capital expenditure and cut jobs across the group, in an attempt to stay profitable after palladium and platinum prices fell more...

Diamond-miner finds ancient shipwreck, treasures in Namibia

Gem-miner Namdeb, which searches for diamonds along the south-western coast of Nambia, said on Wednesday that its geologists had uncovered a shipwreck with a wealth of treasures that could date back to the late 1400s or early 1500s in its mining...

Competition tribunal approves Kermas-IMR merger

South Africa’s Competition Tribunal on Thursday gave ferrochrome producer Kermas South Africa permission to merge with one of the world’s largest private mining and metals firms, Eurasian Natural Resources’ subsidiary...

Stillwater platinum-mine, US

Name: Stillwater platinum-mine. Location: The mine is located in the Beartooth Mountains,130 km south-west of Billings, Montana, US. Brief history: Johns Manville Corporation discovered palladiumand platinum in the J-M Reef in the early 1970s. In...

Mintek to host beneficiation forum

Mineral and metallurgical technology specialist Mintek will in September host a conference on minerals and metals beneficiation, at Gallagher Estate, in Midrand.

De Beers agrees to plead guilty in US court

De Beers, the world's largest diamond producer, has agreed to plead guilty to criminal price fixing, a court official and a lawyer involved in the case said on Friday, the New York Times reported at the weekend.

Stillwater inks deal to recycle autocat PGMs

Stillwater Mining said Wednesday that Power Mount will supply autocatalysts, which are rich in platinum group metals, for Stillwater torecycle at its Montana smelting and refining facility.

Norilsk completes Stillwater acquisition

Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel has completed the acquisition of a 51% stake in the sole US producer of platinum and palladium, Stillwater Mining, the companies said yesterday.

Decision this year on SA aluminium expansion

The recently-merged BHP Billiton group will decide on whether or not the planned expansion of its wholly-owned Hillside Aluminium smelter will be implemented before the end of the year, a senior company official tells Mining Weekly.

Chrome slag not carcinogenic

Metallurgical chrome-slag compounds, which are used in abrasive-blasting applications, have not been classed by any health organisation as being carcinogenic, says AfriGrit works co-ordinator Pat Pick.