Hernic participates in Eskom’s buy-back programme

Ferrochrome producer Hernice said it would participate in Eskom’s electricity buy-back programme to assist the national power supplier in managing its maintenance programme before the start of winter. The company announced that it would shut...

High costs, low prices hit ferrochrome

South African ferrochrome makers are being squeezed by rising production costs, and some are already selling at a loss, the chief executive of Hernic Ferrochrome, a unit of Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation, told Reuters on Tuesday. Prices of...

Kumba Iron Ore’s Thabazimbi mine acquires slope stability radar unit

South African iron-ore producer Kumba Iron Ore’s (KIO’s) Thabazimbi mine has recently celebrated two-years without a lost-time injury, with hopes of achieving this accolade for a third consecutive year.

Sishen South on course for first production in 2012 – CEO

The Sishen South expansion project, owned by the world’s fourth-largest iron-ore producer by volume Kumba Iron Ore (KIO), part of the Anglo American group, is on track to produce first tonnage in 2012 despite the effects of the current global...

Safety accolades awarded to iron-ore mines

Two of mining major Kumba Iron Ore’s mines have been recognised for their exceptional safety performances in 2008 at the annual Anglo American Chief Executive Safety Awards.

Sishen South mine development to proceed despite economic meltdown – Kumba Iron Ore avers

The multi billion-rand Sishen South expansion project , aimed at lifting Kumba Iron Ore’s (KIO’s) annual production by nine-million tons a year from 2013 will go ahead as planned despite the current global economic downturn, which has seen...