09/09/2011 (On-The-Air)

Alaskans are mounting a massive campaign to stop South Africa’s Anglo American from building a mine in their country; South Africa has lost its African space satellite lead to Nigeria and Mining giant Rio Tinto is opting for still another...

SA iron-ore mining presents exciting growth opportunities

Iron-ore producer Kumba Iron Ore’s presentation on creating a growing and sustainable iron-ore and steel value chain in South Africa reports that iron-ore mining presents exciting growth opportunities and could double to about 100-million tons a...

Extension plans for Rio Tinto’s Palabora mine

Rio Tinto subsidiary and copper producer Palabora Mining Company (PMC) plans to progress with the next underground mining sequence in the Palabora mine and grow the magnetite operations at the Palabora mine through partnerships with manufacturer...

Palabora reports higher first-quarter output

JSE-listed copper-miner Palabora Mining on Wednesday reported improved first-quarter production figures, lifting output by 9% compared with the fourth quarter. The Rio Tinto unit produced an average of 31 542 t a day from the Palabora mine in...

New initiative sees Palabora’s staff turnover decline from 42% to 10% in two years

The rising consumption of commodities in a shrinking global village brought with it some business challenges, with the retention and attraction of key skills in the mining sector being a focus point in maintaining a competive edge, states...

IDC invests R100-million in iron-ore beneficiation technology

State-owned financier the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) announced that it would invest R100-million in a ground-breaking new technology that would convert superfine iron-ore into high quality iron units.

IDC invests R100m in iron-ore beneficiation technology

State-owned financier the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) announced that it would invest R100-million in a ground-breaking new technology that would convert superfine iron-ore into high quality iron units.

Lonmin reorganises, hopes for consolidation

World number three platinum producer Lonmin hopes that 2008 will be a year of transformation for the company, which has been seeking to overhaul itself, to address the problems it has been suffering from over the past year or so. These problems...

Space-age copper-mine testing

Satellite Earth-observation tests have found that subsidence at the north side of the Palabora mine’s openpit has tapered off and that there is zero subsidence near the smelter, refinery and other infrastructure buildings at the pit’s...

Shaft sinker is proud of its safety record

Mining contractor Shaft Sinkers has been on site at AngloGold’s R3,8-billion greenfields mine, Moab Khotsong, near Orkney in the Free State, since work first began in the early 1990s.

Africa a gold-field of opportunity for banks

While the preponderance of Absa Corporate and Merchant Bank resource funding is still in Southern Africa, the challenge is to increase offshore resource funding, says head of resources Bobby Jurd.