Brazil’s Vale invests to get around Chinese megaship ban

Brazilian diversified mining major Vale, the world’s number two mining group in terms of market capitalisation, Has announced that it is to establish a second floating iron ore transfer station, in Subic Bay in the Philippines. This station will...

Local partnership supplies components for largest calcium carbide furnaces

A partnership between engineering consultancy Hatch and furnace component engineering and production company Thos Begbie & Company will form an integral part of a China-based project to build the largest calcium carbide furnaces in the world.

Lynas unable to confirm Lamp speculation

Rare earths miner Lynas on Wednesday said that despite media reports to the contrary, the company was unable to confirm if the appeal against its temporary operating licence would be resolved soon. Responding to media reports in Malaysia, which...

Vale to build second iron ore storage ship in Asia

Vale will build a second floating iron ore storage vessel in Asia to feed shipments to its main market, China, a senior company official said on Monday, as the Brazilian miner works around Beijing's ban on its huge dry bulk ships. China, the...

First blast at new Kalahari manganese project

The first blast took place on last week at the new R1.5-billion Kudumane manganese mining project near Hotazel in the Northern Cape.

Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu conducted the official opening of what is the fourth new...

Gas Malaysia gets nod for listing prospectus

Gas Malaysia Bhd has obtained approval from Malaysia's Securities Commission to register its listing prospectus, its major shareholder MMC Corp Bhd said in a stock exchange filing on Monday, bringing the company a step closer to its market debut...

11/05/2012 (On-The-Air)

Yet another black-controlled manganese mine is being built in South Africa’s richly endowed Kalahari Manganese Basin; The first major step has now been taken towards the realisation of an ambitious new South African dream – the local...

Lynas on track to start Malaysia plant in June

Lynas Corp Ltd said on Thursday it was on track to start up its rare earths plant in Malaysia next month after an official in the country called it "the safest rare earths plant in the world." The plant in Kuantan on the east coast of Malaysia,...

First blast at new Kalahari manganese mining project

The first blast took place on Tuesday at the new R1.5-billion Kudumane manganese mining project near Hotazel in the Northern Cape. Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu conducted the official opening of what is the fourth new black-controlled...

Lynas launches legal action in Malaysia, says plant nearing completion

Rare earths firm Lynas has launched defamation proceedings against the naysayers of its processing plant in Malaysia. In its March quarterly results report, the Australia-based company stated that it had started proceedings against the Save...

High Court rules in favour of Lynas

The Malaysian High Court on Thursday sided with embattled mineral sands miner Lynas, denying an application to apply for a judicial review of the temporary operating licence granted to the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (Lamp). A group of...

Monument says busts gold theft ring at Malaysian mine

Vancouver-based Monument Mining said on Monday it broke up a gold theft syndicate at its Selinsing mine in Malaysia, with police in the country having made “several” arrests. The theft “appears to be an organized crime involving mine...