Assmang to produce ferromanganese at Machadodorp

South African ferrochrome producer Assmang plans to convert the No 5 furnace at its Machadodorp Works to produce high carbon ferromanganese, rather than ferrochrome, it announced on Thursday. The producer, which is jointly owned by African...

Real Economy Report

This is the Real Economy Report. Our top stories this week: electric car Joule can unlock the battery industry in South Africa; African Rainbow Minerals warns of South Africa's logistics ineptitude; and, the wheels start turning on the Bus Rapid...

Pit-to-port mining 
capability on offer

One of DRA’s unintentional best-kept secrets is its full-spectrum mining capability.

While DRA has tended to be typecast as a provider of minerals-processing and engineering know-how alone, in reality it has the wherewithal to provide a...

NUM says Two Rivers wage talks suspended, declares dispute with Implats

Wage negotiations at the Two Rivers platinum mine, near Steelpoort, have been suspended by the mine management, South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday. The labour union said in a statement that the negotiations...

‘Responsible’ mining firms welcome in Katanga – governor

A top official in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reiterated that responsible mining companies need not fear the review the country is doing on mining permits.

Harmony in high spirits ahead of vote

Harmony's audacious $7-billion-plus Gold Fields merger proposal faces its first nonlegal and nonregulatory test today as its shareholders meet to vote on whether or not to endorse the offer as well as whether to issue new share capital, which will...