Exploration work on Tier 1 discoveries on track

Exploration and development company Ivanplats says rapid and significant progress is being made at its two Tier-1 mineral projects in Africa.

Gilbertson hopes new mine will trigger export growth

Mining luminary Brian Gilbertson expressed the hope that the opening of South Africa’s newest manganese mine would trigger a new era of South African export growth, ahead of the coming increasing demand from China and the East. He was speaking...

Feasibility study confirms unmined manganese deposit

Natural resources investment company Pallinghurst Resources has announced that its subsidiary Tshipi é Ntle Manganese Mining has received its feasibility study on the Tshipi Kalahari manganese project.

Sishen expansion set to meet delivery target

The Sishen Expansion Project (SEP) in the Northern Cape has, to date achieved over two-million work hours with no serious injuries. The total injury frequency rate of the project is 1,51 for each 200 000 work hours and the lost-time injury...

Renova may start SA manganese mine in 2007

Viktor Vekselberg's ZAO Renova may open a manganese mine in South Africa next year, said Thabo Mbeki, the president of the African country.

Russia to spend $1bn on manganese in SA

A Russian company plans to spend $1-billion on a manganese project in South Africa, said Vladimir Putin, Russia's president. He didn't identify the company.

New hands-free diamond sorting to be launched

Within months, the Jwaneng diamond-mine in southern Botswana will be ready to introduce completely ‘hands-free’ diamond processing. The operation is in the final throes of a R460-million project to introduce South African technology...