BHP Billiton aluminium gives 130 MW back to South Africa

BHP Billlton’s aluminium business in Richards Bay has voluntarily put 130 MW back into the South African power grid. BHP Billiton South Africa communications and external affairs VP Johnny Dladla told a visiting media contingent hosted by...

SA’s high youth unemployment rate has ‘worryingly significant implications’ for the country’s future – BHP Billiton

The number of unemployed young South Africans has worryingly significant implications for the future of this country.

BHP Billiton weighs legal options after Eskom ruling

Mining group BHP Billiton was on Friday still considering the contents of a South Gauteng High Court ruling, which ordered that State-owned power utility Eskom should release information and records relating to electricity sales contracts with BHP...

BHP Billiton Hillside strike continues

About a third of workers at BHP Billiton's Hillside aluminium smelter in Richards Bay were on strike, the company said late on Monday. "Approximately a third of our workforce is involved in this dispute with 50-150 people demonstrating in an...

South Africa awards BHP Billiton petroleum exploration rights

Mining giant BHP Billiton has been awarded petroleum exploration rights offshore of South Africa's West Coast. Petroleum Agency SA CEO Mthozami Xiphu told Mining Weekly Online on Tuesday that the agency had issued the long-awaited permit on...

Mozal will ‘definitely' remain profitable despite ‘higher' power prices

Resources group BHP Billiton says that its Mozal aluminium smelter, in Mozambique, will "definitely" remain profitable, despite an amendment to its favourable electricity-supply contract with South African power utility Eskom. The group confirmed...

Manganese division 
focuses on safety 
improvement

The manganese division of diversified Australian mining major BHP Billiton has identified improving its safety record as a key goal for the 2010 financial year.

Smelters contribute to 
ongoing development

With two aluminium smelters operating in South Africa, resources company BHP Billiton Aluminium South Africa believes that it contributes to community development and the establishment of sustainable partnerships with its host communities.