Aurora gold project, Guyana

The feasibility study for the Aurora project envisions a combined openpit and underground mine with a 22-year mine life.

Origin, Xstrata power project unit gets Chile OK

A Chilean environmental commission approved one of three generation units planned as part of global miner Xstrata Copper and Australian energy retailer Origin Energy's $3.6-billion hydropower Energia Austral project to ease a looming energy...

DRC’s Kibali mine to be one of Africa’s biggest when it starts production by end of 2013

Construction work on the Kibali project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is expected be one of the largest gold mines in Africa, is proceeding rapidly as the developers keep their sights firmly set on first production by the end...

Kibali gold project, Democratic Republic of Congo

Construction work on the Kibali project is proceeding rapidly, as the developers keep their sights firmly set on first production by the end of 2013.

Kibali ‘firmly set’ for production by late 2013 – Randgold

Miner Randgold Resources technical and capital projects executive John Steele said on Tuesday that the group’s experience in developing gold mines in Africa and its partnerships with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) communities were...

South African companies pursuing ironclad Canadian opportunities

Two South African companies are pursuing iron opportunities in Canada, the one the JSE-listed Petmin and the other the lesser known unlisted Iron Mineral Beneficiation Services (IMBS), which got under way with the help of initial private equity...

Cultural change and systems redesign for gold producer

Future successes in deep-level mining will depend on the ability of miners to complete safe, predictable and productive shifts, says JSE-listed Village Main Reef COO Dalubuhle Ncube.

New mines needed to meet future demand

In future, new mines will have to be commissioned to keep up with the global uranium demand, with sufficient uranium reserves hosted worldwide, says State-owned power utility Eskom nuclear spokesperson Tony Stott.

Exxaro pursuing coal-fired project independently of Cennergi

Mining group Exxaro has confirmed that its coal-based Thabametsi independent power producer (IPP) project has been excluded from its new energy joint venture (JV) with Tata Power, dubbed Cennergi, but that it remains keen to move ahead with the...

Petmin mulling TSX listing for low-cost pig iron venture

JSE and Aim-listed steel-feed mining company Petmin is targeting the production of the lowest cost pig iron “on the planet” at its jointly controlled North Atlantic Iron Corporation (NAIC) iron sands project in Canada's Labrador province....

South African ferrochrome in meltdown, urgent intervention needed

South Africa’s ferrochrome industry is speaking with one voice when it says that its in meltdown mode – but at least one trader is as vociferous that the proposed imposition of a temporary export tax will also cause economic hurt. It is the...

Kibali gold project, Democratic Republic of Congo

The Kibali project, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s north-eastern Orientale province, could potentially be one of the world’s largest gold mines.