SA’s high youth unemployment rate has ‘worryingly significant implications’ for the country’s future – BHP Billiton

The number of unemployed young South Africans has worryingly significant implications for the future of this country.

Redeployable shelter systems on show

Shelter system specialist Redeployable Camp Systems (RCS) will be displaying its products and services at Electra Mining Africa 2010.

SA contractor fires 3 900 workers after illegal strike at Aquarius

South African mining contractor Murray & Roberts Cementation had terminated the employment of around 3 900 of its staff at the Aquarius Platinum operations in Rustenburg, as no agreement could be reached regarding an illegal strike. The strike...

Analysts foresee possible AngloGold break-up in $5bn share sale

Will $5-billion worth of AngloGold Ashanti shares that Anglo American plc holds be put on the market bit by bit over the next three years or is this great South African mining icon destined to be ignominiously cannibalised by gold rivals?

Analysts foresee possible AngloGold break-up in $5bn share sale

Whoever bought Anglo American plc's large shareholding in AngloGold Ashanti would more than likely look to breaking up the company, selling off the South African assets, and keeping the international asset base, Investec gold analyst Leon...

Skills shortage must be addressed ‘sooner rather than later’

South Africa needs to address the skills shortage now, and not when things fall apart, says South African Institute of Measurement and Control (SAIMC) president Vivian MacFadyen. He notes that, although the skills level of those involved in...

Fans supplied to iron-ore project

Rand Blower is exhibiting at Electra Mining 2006. The company specialises in the design and manufacture of industrial fans and air movement systems.

Thabazimbi – on the road to a century?

In the 73 years that Thabazimbi mine has been operating, it has supplied a million tons of iron ore to Iscor’s steelworks in Vanderbijlpark and Newcastle.