Company Announcement: TOMRA Sorting Solutions and Rio Tinto: Strategic R&D partnership within mining segment (CODUS18)

TOMRA Sorting Solutions' mining brand CommodasUltrasort and leading international mining group Rio Tinto will form a strategic partnership with the aim to develop commercial scale sorting systems for upgrading bulk minerals. Currently there are no...

$7.5bn expansion to feed fertiliser group’s growth

TSX-listed fertiliser producer PotashCorp is moving full steam ahead with a $7.5-billion expansion programme to improve operational capability by 2015.

Company Announcement: Goodyear Waste Yard Treats Trash Like Treasure

A hefty R2.4 million joint investment between Goodyear and its recycling partner, The Waste Trade Company, has turned the tyre manufacturer’s waste yard into a clean, organised and Earth-friendly facility, reflecting the award winning,...

Company Announcement: How green is your bottom line?

It’s February and never too late to commit to making a positive change. While businesses focus on their bottom line and compile annual reports of their financial results there is increasing pressure to also start reporting on the company’s...

Company Announcement: Sasol Germany to sell its German production site in Witten to CREMER

Sasol Germany GmbH today announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its production site in Witten (Germany) and the associated oleochemicals business to CREMER OLEO GmbH & Co. KG.

Kumba expands scope of fatigue management pilot project

A fatigue management system pilot project at mining giant Anglo American’s iron-ore business Kumba Iron Ore is expanding to include a number of new partners for best practice in fatigue management at its Kolomela mine, near Postmasburg, in the...

Company Announcement: World Risk Development September 2011-Spotlight on resource nationalism

This month's issue of EFIC’s newsletter, World Risk Developments, focuses on so-called resource nationalism.

Mining Weekly wins digital publishing award

Creamer Media publication Mining Weekly has come out tops in the business category of the inaugural Digital Media Publishing Awards. Its miningweekly.com website was judged to have the best content offering of South Africa’s business-news...

Majority give fracking the thumbs up in lively debate

South Africa is correct to exercise caution before formulating its policy relating to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and should be wary of moving ahead until thorough scientific study of the possible risks have been undertaken, a geological...

Chile No. 4 copper mine not hit by worker protest

Chile's No. 4 copper mine, Codelco's El Teniente, produced normally on Wednesday despite a walk out by contract workers demanding more benefits from the world's top producer, the company said. Protesters threatened to block roads and halt...

Company Announcement: Implementing AgriBusiness in Africa – Successfully

Attached please find a press release on: Commenting on Africa’s economic problems during an interview on BBC News in May, Mteto Nyati, Managing Director of Microsoft South Africa, said the country should look at where it has comparative...

Company Announcement: SKF Food Line Y-bearing units provide reliable service despite high-pressure washdowns on food line production lines

Attached please find a press release on: SKF has announced the availability of its new SKF Food Line Y-bearing units, a range of maintenance-free units designed for the wet, humid, contaminated environments of the food and beverage processing...