Coke oven battery recommissioning, South Africa

The final scoping report has been released for the proposed recommissioning of ArcelorMittal South Africa's coke oven battery at its Newcastle works .

Coke oven battery recommissioning, South Africa

The project proposes to address coke production capacity that ArcelorMittal South Africa has lost as a result of the decommissioning of a coke oven battery, in Vanderbijlpark.

Kumba considers terminating supply to ArcelorMittal

South African iron-ore miner Kumba Iron Ore (KIO) on Tuesday effectively moved its ongoing dispute with ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) from the realm of a pure dispute over pricing, into one that could now also affect supply, indicating to...

Daily podcast – December 10, 2009

Vulisango will make its second formal call for an EGM of the shareholders of Simmer & Jack as soon as possible; and the body of the missing miner at Driefontein mine has been recovered.

Gold Fields recovers body of second trapped miner

The body of the missing miner at South African gold producer Gold Field’s Driefontein mine, near Carletonville, was recovered on Thursday morning. Two miners were trapped underground on Sunday evening when a seismic event registering 3,4 on the...

Gold Fields searches for two missing miners

South African gold producer Gold Fields on Monday reported that operations at its Driefontein mine, near Carletonville, had been halted, as rescue workers continued to search for two missing miners. Gold Fields spokesperson Julian Gwillim...

South African mining groups doing well in South America

South America is a continent whose richness in natural resources became legendary through myths such as El Dorado or the Emerald Mountain. Neither of these ever existed, of course, but today the continent produces antimony, bauxite, coal, cobalt,...

South African mining groups doing well in South America

South America is a continent whose richness in natural resources became legendary through myths such as El Dorado or the Emerald Mountain.

Operations at affected area of Kloof mine to resume on Wednesday

South African gold producer Gold Fields reported that operations at its Kloof mine, near Carletonville, were likely to restart in the area affected by an earlier fatality, later on Wednesday. It was expected that an inspectorate of the Department...

Daily podcast – November 3, 2009

A mineworker at Gold Fields' Kloof mine, near Carletonville, died during the Monday night shift; and Zambia's Chambishi Metals will restart production this week.

Worker dies at Gold Fields' Kloof mine

A mineworker at Gold Fields’ Kloof mine, near Carletonville, died during the Monday night shift, spokesperson Julian Gwillim confirmed on Tuesday. Details of what led to the fatality were still unavailable, with Gwillim saying that the...

Two mineworkers killed in separate SA accidents

South African miner Gold Fields on Friday confirmed that a worker had died at its Driefontein mine, in Carletonville. Gold Fields spokesperson Julian Gwillim said that the worker was killed in a tramming accident. He added that operations were...