Caterpillar launches new blasthole drill rigs 
onto Southern African market

Construction and mining equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has launched its new blasthole drill rigs onto the market.

Kumba output advances 15% as Kolomela ramp-up continues

JSE-listed Kumba Iron Ore increased its March quarter production by 15% year-on-year to 10.1-million tons, aided by the ramp up of its new Northern Cape iron-ore mine. The Anglo American subsidiary said the Kolomela mine, near Postmasburg, added...

Anglo American sees M&A as ‘strategic priority’ – Parker

Diversified mining group Anglo American continued to examine merger and acquisition opportunities as a “strategic priority” in driving value in core commodities, said chairperson Sir John Parker. Last year, the group bought the Oppenheimer...

Kumba’s iron-ore sales rise despite 5% production decline

Kumba Iron Ore has posted a 5% decrease in annual production from its three active operations, owing to exceptional rainfall at its Sishen mine in the first quarter of 2011, and a planned slowdown of its Thabizimbi mine, which is nearing its end...

Kumba FY earnings climb 19% to R17bn

Anglo American’s Kumba Iron Ore on Thursday reported a 19% increase in headline earnings to R17-billion as export iron-ore prices and export volume sales increased. The JSE-listed company experienced an export sales volume increase of 3%, from...

Anglo’s South African export coal production rises

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Export thermal coal production from Anglo American’s South African and Colombian mines rose 5% to 8.6-million tons in the three months to December 31.

Anglo's South African export coal production rises

Export thermal coal production from Anglo American’s South African and Colombian mines rose 5% to 8.6-million tons in the three months to December 31. LSE- and JSE-listed Anglo American says that the fourth-quarter thermal coal production from...

Kumba Iron Ore output up as Kolomela starts production

South African mining group Kumba Iron Ore on Thursday reported a production increase of 4%, reaching 11.2-million tons during the fourth quarter of 2011. The Anglo American subsidiary attributed the higher output to the first production from...

Kolomela mine gears up for production, invests in community

This year will usher in the opening of the Kolomela Mine, Anglo American company Kumba Iron Ore’s R8.5-billion development near Postmasburg, in the Northern Cape, which is set to produce nine-million tons of iron ore a year over 28 years.

Company Announcement: Kumba’s Kolomela mine first product shipped ahead of schedule

Kolomela, the new 9Mtpa Kumba Iron Ore mine near Postmasburg in the Northern Cape has added another major achievement to its already excellent track record. Not only is the mine development within budget and boasts an excellent mine and project...

Kumba expands scope of fatigue management pilot project

A fatigue management system pilot project at mining giant Anglo American’s iron-ore business Kumba Iron Ore is expanding to include a number of new partners for best practice in fatigue management at its Kolomela mine, near Postmasburg, in the...

Kumba sees short-term iron-ore price volatility

JSE-listed Kumba Iron Ore, which reported higher quarterly output, on Thursday warned of an increase in the volatility of iron-ore prices in the short term. The company, which forms part of Anglo American group, said steel mills were facing...