Morila mine, Mali

An openpit mine, situated in Mali.

Daily podcast – January 25, 2010

The proposed price increases could be "materially damaging" to the mining and mineral processing sectors; and Gold Fields calls for the implementation of a broadbased tax rather than the proposed power price hike of 35% a year.

Central Rand Gold raises £3,7m to complete trial mining

Gold junior Central Rand Gold (CRG) on Friday undertook a share placement to raise £3,7-million, which would be used as working capital to complete trial mining at its Witwatersrand tenements. The JSE- and LSE-listed company had placed about...

FSB rejects Puno complaint against Central Rand Gold

The Financial Services Board (FSB) has rejected black-empowered Puno Gold Investments’ complaint against Central Rand Gold (CRG) that it had issued false information to investors, while Puno’s appeal into an earlier South Gauteng High Court...

Central Rand Gold’s BEE partner to appeal court ruling

Black-empowered Puno Gold Investments has again brought an application against junior gold-miner Central Rand Gold (CRG), this week, applying for leave to appeal the South Gauteng High Court’s earlier decision to dismiss Puno’s interdict with...

Gold recovery plant delivered three weeks ahead of schedule

Bateman Engineering’s modular plant business has supplied a modularised two-stage gold recovery plant, three weeks ahead of schedule.

Central Rand says Puno court case postponed

JSE-listed gold junior Central Rand Gold (CRG) on Tuesday reported that the court case, in which black economic-empowerment firm Puno Gold was attempting to interdict CRG South Africa (CRGSA) from its activities, has been postponed until November...

Bateman sees signs of revival

Process engineering and project management house Bateman Engineering is seeing encouraging signs of revival in the global minerals markets it services. But these remain very region specific, warns Bateman Engineering Projects CEO Pieter du...

Technology edge sets Bateman apart

Project house Bateman Engineering’s enhanced focus on leveraging its technology and know-how on a global basis has positioned it well to weather the downturn, as well as to take advantage of the inevitable upswing in the commodities market and...

Consultancy says CRG’s mine plan ‘technically feasible’

In its interim report, junior gold miner Central Rand Gold (CRG) reported a loss of $14,6-million, with $17,2-million cash consumed by operating activities, while an independent report showed a maiden reserve of 270 900 oz of gold at 4,1 g/t at...

NGO urges swift decision-making on 
toxic water treatment option

The Federation for a Sustainable Environment (FSE) is urging Government to make an immediate decision on the preferred process to treat the toxic water from mine activities in the Western, Central and Eastern basins of the Witwatersrand.

Real Economy Report

The first phase of the Rea Vaya bus rapid transit system; South Africa's largest iron-ore producer has outperformed the mining industry with an astounding set of financial results in the eye of the global economic storm; and, the world's largest...