Company Announcement: How green is your bottom line?

It’s February and never too late to commit to making a positive change. While businesses focus on their bottom line and compile annual reports of their financial results there is increasing pressure to also start reporting on the company’s...

19/08/2011 (On-The-Air)

We see India’s hunger for South African coal growing somewhat; greener building techniques and we look at the issue of gold and a US presidential decision taken by America many years ago, we see that there is still some kind of impact and I find...

Argex starts PEA at Quebec titanium property

Montreal-based junior Argex Mining has appointed BBA to complete a preliminary economic assessment for its La Blache titanium project in Quebec, it said on Monday. The company also released a technical report for the project, which Met-Chem...

Junior Argex jumps on metallurgical results

Shares in Montreal-based junior Argex Mining climbed 35% on Thursday after the company announced metallurgical test results at its La Blache titanium deposit producing 99,8% pure titanium dioxide. CEO Michael Dehn called the results...

Basil Read begins construction at Grootegeluk mine

Civil engineering and construction group Basil Read has begun the construction of various workshops, a capital yard and the underground parking at diversified South African resources group Exxaro's Grootegeluk Medupi expansion.

Mineral sands is working for us – Exxaro

A significant mineral-sands knowledge base has been inherited with the acquisition of Namakwa Sands from Anglo American, says Exxaro executive GM Wim de Klerk. De Klerk, who is moving out of mineral sands to become the company’s new CFO, says...

Record production signals mineral-sands turnaround - Exxaro

The mineral-sands knowledge base inherited with the acquisition of Namakwa Sands from Anglo American has assisted in turning around Exxaro's once-struggling mineral-sands business, says Exxaro CFO executive GM Wim de Klerk. Exxaro achieved record...

Rio Tinto starts ilmenite production at Madagascar mine

Production has started at a $1,2-billion project for the Rio Tinto group, in Madagascar, which CEO Tom Albanese described as "a model for future projects in Africa and elsewhere in the developing world". The diversified miner said in a statement...

Enlarged African footprint for diversified mining group

International mining group Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest diversified miners, is decisively increasing its presence in Africa through a series of operational expansions, acquisitions and exploration activities on the continent.

Titanium dioxide a ‘good business to be in’

Rio Tinto’s titanium dioxide-ilmenite business extends back to the 1950s and has been part of its long-standing strategy within the industrial minerals area. The company sees titanium dioxide as a good business to be in. It is a low-cost...

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US housing sector weakness hits pigment sector – Rio Tinto

The weakness in the US housing sector had impacted on the pigment sector to which the company supplied titanium oxide, Rio Tinto CEO Tom Albanese said on Sunday. Albanese told journalists visiting the Rio Tinto-QMM minerals sands operation in...