Drive technology fast 
becoming industry standard

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...

Weekly podcast – June 9, 2010

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...

Weekly podcast – June 2, 2010

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...

Weekly podcast – May 26, 2010

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...

Weekly podcast – May 19, 2010

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...

Weekly podcast – May 12, 2010

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.

Weekly podcast – May 5, 2010

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...

Daily podcast – April 30, 2010

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.

Daily podcast – April 29, 2010

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.

Daily podcast – April 26, 2010

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.

Daily podcast – April 23, 2010

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...

Daily podcast – April 22, 2010

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...