Company Announcement: Second deceased digger removed from collapsed tunnel at Bontekoe

Sensitive rescue sensors deployed to find survivors

De Beers to sell Namaqualand mines to Trans Hex for R225m

De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) announced last week that it would sell its Namaqualand mines in South Africa to black-empowered Trans Hex for R225-million. DBCM announced in mid-2010 that it was putting both the Namaqualand and Finsch mines on...

NGO objects to De Beers’ Namaqualand mine sale to Trans Hex

Nonprofit organisation Conservation South Africa (CSA) is demanding disclose of the full details of the De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) and Trans Hex Namaqualand deal, announced last week. Trans Hex is buying the mine, which is close to its...

Trans Hex buys De Beers Namaqualand mine for R225m

De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) on Friday announced that it would sell its Namaqualand mines in South Africa to black-empowered Trans Hex for R225-million. DBCM announced in mid-2010 that it was putting both the Namaqualand and Finsch mines on...

Now Petra nabs Finsch diamond mine for R1,4bn, De Beers' Namaqua still in play

The London Aim-listed Petra Diamonds is buying Finsch diamond mine from De Beers for R1,4-billion ($210-million) in cash. De Beers' less attractive suspended Namaqualand alluvial operation, which was put on the market at the same time as Finsch,...

Oppenheimer direction less clear as hazier outline emerges

The name Oppenheimer and Anglo American have been synonymous for 93 years. But it is no longer clear to what extent it will be so when Anglo celebrates its centenary in seven years. The 120-year-old De Beers diamond mining and marketing company...

Cement firm’s carbon reduction efforts acknowledged

Cement group AfriSam's carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction efforts, dubbed ‘Project Green Cement‘, were recognised during the 2010 Nedbank Capital Green Mining Awards, which took place on Thursday evening, where the company scooped the award in the...

New-order rights hold up Galaxy Gold’s planned JSE listing, Oppenheimer passes De Beers DBCM baton to Petersen, early takeout attempt on incipient Royal Bafokeng Platinum

The JSE has confirmed that gold-mining junior Galaxy Gold’s proposed JSE listing had been delayed because the company does not have new-order mining rights. Read on page 6 of this edition of Mining Weekly of the JSE’s reader panel, which...

Oppenheimer cedes De Beers DBCM chair to Barend Petersen

The new executive chairperson of the South African wing of the global De Beers group is De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) acting CEO Barend Petersen. Petersen replaces De Beers group chairperson Nicky Oppenheimer, who will continue as...

De Beers' South African MD Noko resigns

The head of diamond company De Beers' South African operations has stepped down. De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) MD David Noko will leave the company at the end of March, after four years as MD. De Beers said that Barend Petersen would act as...

Miners eye sea as land resources diminish

The diminishing nature of some land-based mineral resources (the resource determines where you mine and whether you mine – not a nongovernmental organisation focus which is, in fact, a welcome interest) has increased the importance of marine...

Miners eye sea as land resources diminish

The diminishing nature of some land-based mineral resources, [the resource determines where you mine and whether you mine - not an NGO focus which is in fact a welcome interest] has increased the importance of marine mining and has reignited the...