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The latest active front-end (AFE) drive technology is fast becoming the industry standard for manufacturers, owing to their energy savings, a near unity power factor and current distortion (THDi) 5% of nominal current at full load, low-voltage...
8th October 2010
 
Daily Podcast

Weekly podcast – June 9, 2010 Audio Available

Renewable energy A Chinese-backed consortium submits a formal $51,5-million bid for the financially stricken Orkney and Grootvlei gold mines; Metorex completes a plant shutdown at its Ruashi copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and Exxaro plans to...
9th June 2010
 
Daily Podcast

Weekly podcast – June 2, 2010 Audio Available

Rockwell CEO John Bristow Demand for rough diamonds, particularly from China and India, remains strong; AngloGold Ashanti's Tropicana gold project in Australia should proceed despite concerns about a proposed new mining tax; and Eskom's discussions with Anglo American...
2nd June 2010
 
Daily Podcast

Weekly podcast – May 26, 2010 Audio Available

The global mining industry has essentially returned back to the boom; Metorex will shut down a plant at the Ruashi copper mine in the DRC to fix a technical fault; and Simmer & Jack Mines resumes drilling and blasting operations at all six...
26th May 2010
 
Daily Podcast

Weekly podcast – May 19, 2010 Audio Available

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan BHP Billiton to meet with Australian consultation committee to discuss the proposed super profits tax; South African mining industry needs to evolve from a brown industry to a contributor to a green economy; and the DRC's political risk insurance...
19th May 2010
 
Daily Podcast

Weekly podcast – May 12, 2010 Audio Available

Resources Minister Martin Ferguson Australia is willing to negotiate on the details of its super profits tax on mining firms; Uranium One sells its Dominion project in South Africa; and Guinea is hoping for a second major international investment in its mining sector.
12th May 2010
 
Daily Podcast

Weekly podcast – May 5, 2010 Audio Available

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd meets with Perth-based miners to discuss the implications of the proposed super profit tax on mining companies; South African iron-ore miner Kumba Iron Ore moves its ongoing dispute with ArcelorMittal South...
5th May 2010
 
Daily Podcast

Daily podcast – April 30, 2010 Audio Available

Aurora director Michael Hulley Aurora Empowerment Systems signs a R750-million equity capital agreement with Swiss funder Global Emerging Markets; and the North West Iron Ore Alliance welcomes an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ruling.
30th April 2010
 
Daily Podcast

Daily podcast – April 29, 2010 Audio Available

Solidarity says that mine deaths in the country have been showing a downward curve; and mining companies have rejected a new law in Tanzania that raises royalties on minerals and prohibits foreign companies from gemstone mining.
29th April 2010
 
Daily Podcast

Daily podcast – April 26, 2010 Audio Available

Rangold executive director Mark Bristow Randgold's Tongon mine, in the north of Ivory Coast, will start production in October; and the Western Australian state government enforces its commitment to improving mine safety.
26th April 2010
 
Daily Podcast

Daily podcast – April 23, 2010 Audio Available

South African Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu instructs the South African mining industry's special task team to pull the country back from the global mining brink; and The Department of Mineral Resources approves and grants the conversion of Pan...
23rd April 2010
 
Daily Podcast

Daily podcast – April 22, 2010 Audio Available

BHP Billiton declines to comment on reports that an anti-corruption probe it is facing from the US Securities and Exchange Commission involves a former bauxite exploration project in Cambodia; and West Australian mining representative bodies have...
22nd April 2010
 
 
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