First ore shipped from Kumba's Kolomela mine

Global miner Anglo American has exported the first shipment from the $1 billion Kolomela iron ore mine in South Africa, one of its key growth projects, putting the mine ahead of schedule and on track to achieve full production by 2013. Kolomela,...

Beacon Hill eyes Mozambique coal mine

Aim-listed Beacon Hill Resources, along with Consolidated Mining and Resources, has entered into an agreement with mining investment firm Borneo Mining SA to acquire Minas Moatize, which owns and operates a coal mine in Mozambique. Minas...

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.

Anglo American says South American growth projects on track

Global diversified miner Anglo American’s key development iron-ore and base metals projects in Brazil and Chile were on track to enter production from 2011 onwards, the group reported on Thursday. The projects would also allow the group to...