Thabazimbi mine, South Africa

An openpit mine, situated in Limpopo.

South Africa leads way in distributing wealth to mineworkers

The R3.7-billion worth of worker wealth that two South African mining companies dished out in December to nearly 16 000 below-management employees will probably have diggers the world over eating their hearts out. It is a formula for staff...

Iron-ore workers awash with cash as Kumba’s employee ownership scheme shoots the lights out

It was December 2005. I had driven to the old Iscor building in Pretoria to interview the team that had successfully unbundled two new companies out of the former State-owned integrated steelmaking corporation, Iscor. Even at that early stage,...

Exxaro in R30bn-plus coal-based development plan in Waterberg

JSE-listed top-forty company Exxaro is involved with coal-based development plans worth at least R30-billion, the company told journalists on Wednesday. “You are standing on the future of coal-mining in South Africa,” Exxaro CEO Sipho Nkosi...

Zincor base metals refinery, South Africa

Name: Zincor base-metals refinery. Location: Zincor is located in Springs, approximately 50 km east of Johannesburg, Gauteng. Brief history: Gold Fields decided in 1967 to convert the closed Vogelstruisbult uranium plant into an electrolytic zinc...

Mining indaba to explore development opportunities

The Northern Cape government is to hold a mining indaba on Thursday to explore economic growth and development opportunities that could benefit the province.

Thabazimbi Iron Ore Mine, South Africa

Location: The Thabazimbi Iron Ore Mine is located 220 km north-west of Johannesburg and 200 km north-west of Pretoria, in the Northern Province. Brief history: Exploration, development and production history dates from 1919. However, large-scale...

Iscor’s coke project awaits govt decision

The final scoping report for steel producer Iscor’s proposed coke project, in Newcastle, has been submitted to the Kwazulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs, which will now decide whether the project can go ahead.

SA coke project advances, decision expected soon

The draft scoping report for the proposed replacement of one of South African steel giant Iscor’s decommissioned coke batteries, in Newcastle, has been completed.

SA coke project advances, decision expected soon

The draft scoping report for the proposed replacement of one of South African steel giant Iscor’s decommissioned coke batteries, in Newcastle, has been completed.

Clash over steel pricing continues

Mining firms Durban Roodepoort Deep (DRD) and Harmony Gold are proceeding with their Competition Tribunal case against steel maker Iscor, which they accuse of excessive pricing sustained by its dominance of the local market.

Oil, gas buoying this project house

For more than 40 years, one of the world’s largest publicly-owned engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance organisations has successfully executed complex and environmentally-challenging projects in Southern Africa on budget...