Policies on way to support robust SA mining industry – AngloGold Ashanti

The CEO of South Africa’s largest gold-mining company expressed confidence on Thursday that a new policy structure in the making would support the development of a robust mining industry in South Africa. AngloGold Ashanti CEO Mark Cutifani...

GREEN AND GOLD

AngloGold Ashanti sustainability vice-president Malebogo Marimo regards it as a matter of pride that South Africa’s largest gold-mining company is a patron of Trees for Homes. Pictured are members of the Khutsong community who attended the Trees...

Ghanaian presence services West Africa

Global mineral processing and material handling solution and services provider to the cement and minerals industry, FLSmidth, is increasing its activity level in Ghana.

33 000 Harmony employees to benefit from share ownership plan

About 33 000 workers will participate in gold-mining company Harmony Gold’s share ownership plan (Esop), in terms of which 4 288-million ordinary and 8 576-million share appreciation rights have been offered to the workforce.

Cooke steps up to Anooraq platinum plate

Patrick Cooke has been appointed a non-executive director of empowered JSE-listed platinum miner Anooraq, replacing Wayne Kirk, 69, who has also resigned his non-executive director post at gold-mining company Great Basin Gold.

DONKEY TOYI-TOYI

While the foot-stomping toyi-toyi protest dance has for long been an instrument of political protest in South Africa, the Andean people of northern Peru threw in a donkey-mounted protest to force the US gold-mining company Newmont to halt its...

AngloGold using multi-continent discovery strategy to hit 5.5Moz/y target

AngloGold Ashanti is using a low-cost strategy of discovery and development to attain its target of 5.5-million ounces of gold a year by 2014.

Energy efficient and environment friendly slurry pump testing positive

Pump manufacturer VBV Holdings reports that testing on its new slurry pump, the Phoenix slurry pumping system, is yielding positive results. Instead of pumping slurry with a conventional impeller centrifugal slurry pump, it uses water to actuate a...

Gold miner forks out R387-million on wages each year

South African gold-mining major Harmony Gold says wages cost the company as much as R387-million a year.

World Gold Council unveils initiative to combat ‘conflict gold’

The World Gold Council on Friday unveiled a draft framework of standards designed to combat gold that enables, fuels or finances armed conflict. The unveiling follows concern over electronics giants like Apple, Intel and Motorola deciding not to...

US's Dodd-Frank law 'stigmatising' African gold

The US’s Dodd-Frank Act, which allows consumers to know if human rights atrocities have tainted their gold, is not intended to hurt ethical African gold miners, says US Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Jose...

JV wins more contract work in West Africa

Underground rock-mining company Barminco and diversified mining and services company Ausdrill’s 50:50 joint-venture (JV) African Underground Mining Services (AUMS) has started three new underground contract mining projects in the West African...