Anglo puts State back into steel, competitive bid for Ezulwini, CoAL beating odds at Vele

Diversified miner Anglo American has put the South African State back into steel making;TSX- and JSE-listed gold-and-uranium miner First Uranium is about to face minority shareholder resistance over its recent disposals; and Coal of Africa Limited...

New exploration push, silica manganese end, infrastructure boost

The mining industry has been given 20 days from the Government Gazette notice of February 6 to offer ideas on lapsed and revoked South African mineral rights; BHP Billiton's Samancor has permanently stopped production of silica manganese; the...

Samancor stops producing silica manganese at Metalloys

The world’s largest integrated producer of manganese, Samancor, has permanently stopped production of energy intensive silica manganese at its Metalloys plant in Meyerton near Johannesburg. The company, which is 60% owned by mining major BHP...

Company Announcement: Vimetco and Interagro Establish Joint Venture

Attached please find a press release on: Vimetco N.V. (LSE: VICO), the Dutch holding company of Vimetco Group, a global, vertically integrated producer of primary and processed aluminium products, and InterAgro SA, specialised in the export of...

Company Announcement: Vimetco - interim results H1 2007

Attached please find a press release on: Vimetco N.V. (LSE: VICO) (hereafter called the “Company”), the global, vertically integrated producer of primary and processed aluminium products, has today published its unaudited Condensed...

Union, mining group close to deal on strike

Mining company BHP Billiton said it hoped a 25-day wage strike at its Samancor unit would soon be resolved after a key union said it may end the strike today.

Now ferrochrome strike looms

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) said its members would embark on a wage strike from Thursday at the ferrochrome units of Samancor, a subsidiary of mining giant BHP Billiton.

Software aids distribution

AS a key supplier of chromium and manganese products to steel industries worldwide, Samancor will use the SAP business enterprise software solution to achieve shorter turnaround times. Samancor is the world’s largest integrated producer, by...