With recovery year done, M&R seeks growth in mining, oil and gas

Construction group Murray & Roberts has concluded the recovery year of its three-year recovery and growth strategy, says CEO Henry Laas. With the 2013 and 2014 financial years now labelled as growth years, he warns, however, that there is no...

M&R says it’s not overly exposed to culled mining project pipeline

JSE-listed construction and engineering group Murray & Roberts (M&R), which is increasingly pinning its fortunes to continued growth in the mining, oil and gas sectors, moved to assure investors on Thursday that it was not overly exposed to some...

Company announcement: Murray & Roberts secures an estimated R2 Billion in new Contracts

Murray & Roberts has secured close to R2 billion in new contracts during the month of October.

Chile rescue to tap into 100 years of South African mining experience

The plan to save the 33 Chilean mineworkers trapped 688 m from the surface in a space no bigger than a sitting room, was not a “guaranteed process”, said Murray & Roberts CE Brian Bruce on Thursday. One of the 108-year-old company’s...

Aquarius suspends output at Marikana after deadly accident

JSE-listed Aquarius Platinum has suspended operations at the Marikana mine's number-four shaft, after five contract workers died on Tuesday evening. Two more workers were injured in the major fall-of-ground accident, but did not sustain...

Company’s mining contracting business experiences growth

Construction group Murray & Roberts (M&R) experienced strong growth in its mining contracting business for the year to June 2009.

SA contractor fires 3 900 workers after illegal strike at Aquarius

South African mining contractor Murray & Roberts Cementation had terminated the employment of around 3 900 of its staff at the Aquarius Platinum operations in Rustenburg, as no agreement could be reached regarding an illegal strike. The strike...

Murray & Roberts to cut 1 400 mining jobs

Mining contractor Murray & Roberts Cementation said it would retrench about 1 400 employees, after it served a Section 189 notice to trade unions. Murray & Roberts Cementation manager Henry Laas told Mining Weekly Online that the headcount...

M&R Cementation employee killed in Impala mine accident

An employee of Murray & Roberts Cementation died at the weekend following an accident, at a Impala Platinum mine. This brought the death toll in South Africa's mines to 155 for the year.

Wesizwe goes ahead with flagship SA platinum project

Platinum junior Wesizwe Platinum will proceed with its flagship 350 000-oz/y platinum-group metals (PGMs) Frischgewaagd-Ledig project, the company announced on Wednesday. As the deferral of the project was considered to be "detrimental to...

Company Announcement: Investment In People Keeps Murray & Roberts Cementation

Attached please find a press release on: It is of major significance that the revenue set for Murray & Roberts Cementation for 2010 has been reached two years sooner than planned. This is according to Henry Laas, managing director of this leading...

Company Announcement: Murray & Roberts cementation surges ahead

The financial year ended June 2007 was good for Murray & Roberts Cementation, with the company reporting revenue growth of approximately 20% over the previous year.