Ministers endorse push for zero TB deaths among Southern African miners

Late last month, Ministers of Health and Labour from the 15 Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries endorsed a declaration on tuberculosis (TB) in the mining sector that is designed to drive a regional response to the issue.

Company Announcement: AngloGold Ashanti Announces Board Appointment

AngloGold Ashanti is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Michael James Kirkwood as an independent non-executive director to its Board of Directors with effect from 1 June 2012.

Time for industry to create and share value

The moment for an expanded view of value creation has come. A host of factors, such as growing social awareness of employees and citizens, and the increased scarcity of natural resources will drive collaboration between businesses and between the...

Creamer Media releases SA Economic Brief

The SA Economic Brief – looks into key developments in South Africa’s economy in 2011, and includes discussions on GDP growth, gross fixed-capital formation, employment, inflation, the country’s budget stance, balance of payments, the...

Creamer Media releases SA Development report

This electronic report provides insight into South Africa's development in an economic context and a social context and looks at factors, including GDP growth, employment, inflation, service delivery, basic education, healthcare, housing and land...

Kolomela mine gears up for production, invests in community

This year will usher in the opening of the Kolomela Mine, Anglo American company Kumba Iron Ore’s R8.5-billion development near Postmasburg, in the Northern Cape, which is set to produce nine-million tons of iron ore a year over 28 years.

Pierina mine, Peru

An openpit mine, situated in Peru

Investment in copper mining to be driven by health metal’s benefits

New study results released by the Medical University of South Carolina (Musa) on the antimicrobial properties of copper and its alloys, will have an unprecedented effect on the copper-mining industry in sub-Saharan Africa, says the Copper...

Gold Fields hits new high in commendable R560m housing rollout

The JSE- NYSE- NASDAQ- and Dubai-listed South African gold major Gold Fields has hit a new high in its impressive R560-million, five-year employee housing programme with the opening of yet another employee housing project. The new R25-million,...

13/05/2011 (On-The-Air)

The South African gold-mining industry is being shaken by the claims of silicosis sufferers; a Rustenburg platinum company is going a head with a R13-billion expansion programme and a new push is under way to make engineering attractive to South...

NUM throws full weight behind Anglo silicosis claimants

South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has thrown its full weight behind silicosis sufferers' claims against diversified mining major Anglo American. While NUM is again angered by a 27% increase in mine fatalities in the first three...

New Gold Fields housing complex to accommodate 100 employees, their families

South African gold mining company Gold Fields has opened a new employee housing project, in the in the Glenharvie community, near its Kloof Gold mine, as part of its R550-million, five -year housing programme.