Xstrata grows Q3 copper, nickel output, coal drops

Diversified miner Xstrata grew its copper output by 10% year-on-year in the third quarter of the year, but coal production fell by 5% for the three months. The group, led by CEO Mick Davis, on Tuesday reported that its total mined copper output...

Xstrata’s first half coal output flat, SA production drops

Diversified mining major Xstrata on Tuesday reported a big increase in coking coal production in Australia, but its thermal coal output fell, with production from South African mines falling by 16% in the first six months of the year. Xstrata's...

Move towards opencast mines to improve efficiencies

Diversified miner Xstrata is moving towards opencast mining operations that offer high-grade ore at low costs. As part of this initiative, the company is conducting optimisation initiatives at its underground operations, says Xstrata Coal South...

Xstrata reports higher Q1 production, share price still down

Diversified mining major Xstrata increased production volumes across all commodity businesses in the first quarter of 2010, with its top-earning coal division boosting output by 9%. The Swiss-based miner, whose shares took a beating after...

11/12/2009 (On-The-Air)

South Africa gearing up to produce batteries for electric cars; Patrice Motsepe's African Rainbow Minerals wining a contract to supply coal to Eskom for 17 years; Nelson Mandela's grandson, Zondwa, buying yet another gold mine - his fourth in as...

Xstrata-Anglo together could leverage 'massive' coal opportunties – Freyberg

Putting the coal businesses of Xstrata and Anglo American together would leverage "massive" opportunities in coal, which is going to boom, says Xstrata Coal CEO Peter Freyberg. Freyberg tells Mining Weekly Online that it would be in the interest...

Armco structures take shape at Goedgevonden

Steel Armco culvert sections were used in conjunction with the rectangular concrete coal-valve chambers for the construction of the reclaim tunnel on the Goedgevonden openpit coal-mining project site at Ogies, in Mpumalanga. Armco manufactures and...

Xstrata installs novel coal stockpile discharge valves at Goedgevonden

Mineral process equipment supplier Ludowici Africa is constructing six coal stockpile discharge valves, which will be installed at mining company Xstrata’s Goedgevonden Coal Mine outside Witbank by April 22, 2008. This coal technology has not...

Arm, Xstrata Coal to spend R2,9bn on new Mpumalanga mine

Black-owned miner African Rainbow Minerals (Arm) and Xstrata Coal would invest R2,9-billion in a new greenfields thermal coal mine, Goedgevonden, the companies said on Wednesday. The new mine, located near Witbank in Mpumalanga, would produce...

Future of SA coal market looks bright - Xstrata

The outlook for coal in South Africa for both local consumption and export, is looking good, says mining company Xstrata communications manager Songezo Zibi.

Eskom re-examining its coal supply and flexibility options

Eskom has a new coal-supply plan on the table.?Spokesperson Moses Mamba says the electricity utility is considering building a coal pantry in Mpumalanga, from where it could then supply the five surrounding coal-fired power stations, including...

Coal operation to take future mining to a new level

With construction of the Goedgevonden coal-mine expected to begin shortly, the R2,3-billion initiative, which is at the heart of a new coal company created by Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) and London-listed company...