Aquarius CEO slams safety stoppages as output falls

World number-four platinum miner Aquarius Platinum CEO Stuart Murray has criticised the increasing number of safety stoppages in South Africa and said the country has become a “difficult place” to operate in. The ASX-, LSE- and JSE-listed...

JV operations more productive, says major platinum producer

Primary producer of platinum-group metals Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) says productivity, measured in squared metres for every operating employee each month, at its joint venture (JV) operations tends to be higher than that achieved by its...

Aquarius suspends Blue Ridge funding, ups stake in tailings operation

Midtier platinum miner Aquarius has suspended funding for the jointly-owned Blue Ridge platinum mine, because of low platinum-group metals (PGMs) rand prices, the ASX-, LSE- and JSE-listed company announced on Wednesday. The suspension of the...

Aquarius Platinum targets 530 000 oz in FY2011

Midtier platinum-miner Aquarius Platinum, which swung from a loss to a net profit of $27,8-million in the 2010 financial year, plans to increase its attributable platinum-group metals (PGMs) output by 25% to 530 000 oz in the 2011 financial year....

Aquarius’ Kroondal mine reopened after protest action

Production at the central shaft of Aquarius Platinum’s Kroondal mine, near Rustenburg in South Africa, had resumed on Sunday, following the arrest of 34 former contract miners who disrupted production on Friday. The former contract miners had...

Trackless machinery operations resume at Marikana, Kroondal

Trackless machinery operations at the Marikana and Kroondal platinum mines in South Africa have resumed on Tuesday morning, Aquarius Platinum said in a statement. This follows the suspension of these operations by the Department of Minerals and...

Contract worker killed at Kroondal platinum mine

Platinum-miner Aquarius Platinum on Monday confirmed that an employee of mining contractor, Redpath Mining, had died at the weekend after being injured in a load haul dump (LHD) vehicle accident at the Kroondal K5 shaft on Friday. Kroondal is a...

Aquarius' Platinum Mile transaction gets regulatory go-ahead

Midtier-miner Aquarius Platinum has received the regulatory approvals for the acquisition of a 50% stake in Platinum Mile Resources, worth some R40-million, it said on Wednesday. The company acquired the stake from a consortium of investors and...

Project management engineering company excited about its future projects

Process plant design and mining project management engineering company DRA Mineral Projects (DRA) reports that its mining division, incorporating the Mineral Projects division, is growing and has a large amount of work in the platinum-group metals...

Aquarius Q2 output fell 2% after safety issues, power shortages

Safety issues, industrial relations, and power shortage shutdowns affected operations at Aquarius Platinum's mines over the December quarter, with production falling by 2% to 137 456 platinum group metal (PGM) ounces.

Aquarius' Everest, Marikana mines pass govt's safety audit

The first mine audited under the newly instituted presidential safety audit, Aquarius Platinum's Everest mine, has passed the inspection.

Everest shutdown costs Aquarius 2 000 PGMs oz

Platinum-miner Aquarius Platinum has lost around 2 000 platinum group-metal (PGM) ounces at its Everest mine, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, after a temporary shutdown this week.