Miscellaneous

Tenders arising from a range of sectors

Cosira Group awarded additional work at Zim’s Unki platinum mine

Black economic-empowered steel fabrication company the Cosira Group has been awarded a second contract for conveyor structural, mechanical and piping (SMP) at mining giant Anglo American’s Unki platinum mine and process plant, in Zimbabwe.

Platinum producer 
upgrades process 
operations

World number-one platinum producer Anglo Platinum (Angloplat) has a number of projects in the pipeline to upgrade several of its process operations, including its smelting and refinery operations.

8% decline in platinum producer’s production

The production of platinum from Impala Platinum’s (Implat’s) operations fell by 8% to 468 000 oz in the first half of 2008, reports Johnson Matthey’s Platinum 2008 Interim Review.

SA mines hit by national labour strike

The national stayaway organised by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), ending a month-long protest action campaign against the rising cost of living and higher electricity tariffs, on Wednesday led to high absenteeism rates at a...

Anooraq concludes R3,6bn Angloplat deal

Black-owned platinum junior Anooraq Resources announced on Tuesday that it had concluded its R3,6-billion deal with world number-one producer Anglo Platinum (Angloplat), giving it a controlling stake in a producing mine, the third-biggest platinum...

Angloplat calls for clarity on additional power allocations

State-owned power producer Eskom needs more pressure to provide industry with clarity concerning South Africa's power crisis an official at world number-one platinum producer Anglo Platinum (Angloplat) said on Monday. This came after...

Angloplat shuts Limpopo smelter after damage to equipment

The world's largest platinum producer, Anglo Platinum (Angloplat) said on Friday that it had shut its Polokwane smelter, in Limpopo, after to a slag run-out damaged equipment on Wednesday. The announcement sent an already-skittish platinum...

Platinum projects inspire great expectations

Platinum major, Anglo Platinum (Angloplat), which is the world�s leading primary producer of platinum, has many expectations for 2007.

Once small towns developing into bustling hubs

Burgersfort. Lydenburg. Steelpoort. A few years ago big-city folk often viewed these as scenic one-horse towns on the way to bigger, more important places - like Rustenburg, the first capital of the platinum-mining revolution which has seen...

Once small towns developing into bustling hubs

Burgersfort. Lydenburg. Steelpoort. A few years ago big-city folk often viewed these as scenic one-horse towns on the way to bigger, more important places - like Rustenburg, the first capital of the platinum-mining revolution, which has seen...

Anglo Platinum headline EPS leaps 194%

The world's biggest producer of platinum, Anglo Platinum (AngloPlat), on Monday announced that its headline earnings for each share for the year ended December 31 had increased by 194% to R54,74 a share, bolstered by higher US dollar prices of...