UK orders Anglo-Lafarge venture to sell assets

Miner Anglo American and cement maker Lafarge must sell major assets to win British clearance for a tie-up of their building materials businesses, a move the regulator hopes could bring new players into the market. Britain's Competition...

Alternative fuels and raw materials fire cement producer’s kilns

Greening its operations is a business imperative for cement group AfriSam, which is currently successfully using alternative raw materials to fire the kiln at its Ulco plant, in the Northern Cape. “Conventionally, coal is used to fire kilns to...

Anglo sells more of Tarmac for $88m

Diversified miner Anglo American has sold more of its Tarmac industrial minerals business. Anglo said on Tuesday that Fondations Capital had bought its French and Belgian Tarmac Matériaux de Construction for $88-million.

Company Announcement: Top Sustainable Construction Projects Honored With Global Holcim Awards

Attached please find a press release on: The second cycle of the Holcim Awards competition has reached its pinnacle: the top sustainable construction projects out of thousands of submissions from all continents have been selected. The four winning...

Daily podcast – July 15, 2008

In today's podcast: the PIC approves a financing package worth R6-billion for AfriSam, the Johannesburg inner city's UDZ tax incentive will be extended for another five years, and the smelting technology deal that the London-listed Braemore...

New pump tackles key problem areas

With the intention of reducing operating costs, Krebs Engineers has introduced a rubber-lined pump. Although more expensive upfront, the Krebs millMAX design will focus on and rectify key problem areas.

Old cement quarry to be transferred for academic study

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and cement company Holcim are cooperating on a project that will enable the mining industry to learn more about the geology of Gauteng and assist in the preservation of early hominid fossils.

Big digger has arrived

Volvo Construction Equipment selected South Africa as the country in which to launch its new 70 t EC700B tracked hydraulic excavator and the first production model was recently acquired by the cement manufacturer, Holcim.

JV wins key PPC contract

Joint-venture company DMCE Projects and Services was recently awarded the mechanical erection contract for PPC’s Batsweledi Cement Capacity Expansion Project by FFE Minerals.

Heritage site has mining to thank - MEC

Gauteng provincial minister for Finance and Economic Affairs MEC Paul Mashatile on Tuesday briefed media on the industrial heritage tourism potential to be found at the Sterkfontein caves heritage site.

Mittal Steel South Africa capex programme

Mittal Steel South Africa is to embark on a capex programme, which will involve a variety of asset-replacement projects, as well as the expansion of existing facilities in addition to the R1-billion already being spent on environmental projects.

Project house adds financing to its offerings

Twenty-three-year-old project house TWP is extending its already comprehensive portfolio of services to the mining industry.