Tau Tona mine, South Africa

A gold operation located south-west of Johannesburg.

Company Announcement: 'See what is right. and be brave- Farewell Address to Anglo American', by Nicky Oppenheimer

On 30 November 2011 a Farewell Dinner was held by Anglo American plc in honour of Nicky Oppenheimer. The dinner in Vergelegen, Western Cape, was held to mark his retirement from the Anglo board in April 2011.

De Beers-quitting Oppenheimers go on with Oppenheimer & Son

The big names of De Beers and Anglo American have hogged the limelight. But perhaps questions should have been asked about E Oppenheimer & Son. If they had been, perhaps the exit of the Oppenheimer family from De Beers and its nigh-exit from...

A brief history of the Jagersfontein diamond mine

The history of diamond mining in South Africa has largely been dominated by the narrative of the discovery and development of the De Beers and Kimberley diamondiferous kimberlite pipes and, to a lesser extent, the Bultfontein and Dutoitspan...

Oppenheimers shed De Beers but continue with age-old E Oppenheimer & Son

The big names of De Beers and Anglo American have hogged the limelight. But perhaps questions should have been asked about E Oppenheimer & Son. If they had been, perhaps the exit of the Oppenheimer family from De Beers and its nigh-exit from...

Era draws to close as Nicky Oppenheimer calls it a day at Anglo

Nicky Oppenheimer is to quit Anglo American – “the company that has been in the psyche of every member of my family since its founding nearly a century ago”. “There comes a time when it’s right to stand aside and allow others to carry...

De Beers opens Diamond Route in South Africa

The Diamond Route, which makes up 250 000 ha of cross-regional private conservation land owned by diamond-miner De Beers and the Oppenheimer family accessible to tourists, was "open for business", said Diamond Route chairperson Rob Smart at the...

Michiel van Niekerk

Full Name: Michiel Croeser van Niekerk Position: Director – Marketing DRA and MD of Vhumbanani Projects

Obvious synergies, cost-cutting potential in Anglo-Xstrata merger – analysts

There was no doubt that synergies could be unlocked and costs reduced in a merging of the diversified mining companies Anglo American and Xstrata, Nedgroup Securities mining analyst Johann Pretorius said on Monday. “There are areas of...

Tried and tested pump stil proving valuable

Engineering works and casting specialist, KEW Foundries (formerly known as Kimberley Engineering Works), has supplied two Cameron pumps for use on the platinum mining company Impala Platinum's (Implats) No 17 shaft in Rustenburg.

TauTona mine presses ahead with technological innovation to beat power crisis

'The Times They Are A-Changin’, sang Bob Dylan. In this instance, the tune could be sung directly in reference to the underground mining environment, which for many years has employed energy-intensive pneumatic rockdrills. The pneumatic...

During Eskom’s power curb, we didn’t lose production. We just turned on our new electric rockdrills – TauTona gold mine

The times they are a-changin, sang Bob Dylan. In this instance, the tune could be sung directly in reference to the underground mining environment, which for many years has employed energy-intensive pneumatic rockdrills. The pneumatic rockdrill is...