Miscellaneous

Tenders arising from a range of sectors

13/04/2012 (On-The-Air)

Durban’s new ‘dig-out’ port will test Transnet’s new private-sector participation scheme; South Africa’s inadequate commodity railway network is in line for a R100-billion boost; and South Africa is losing engineers to other countries...

Commodity lines to receive boost from R300bn Transnet plan

About one-third, or around R100-billion of Transnet’s R300-billion, seven-year rolling capital investment programme will be directed towards the upgrade and expansion of South Africa’s key commodity export corridors. It was confirmed on...

New Ngqura manganese terminal to lift capacity, says Transnet unit

South African port operator Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has again confirmed that it will relocate the current export manganese facility from Port Elizabeth to a new two-berth facility at the Port of Ngqura by 2015/16, which it says will also...

Mineral sands demand increases, supply remains static

The global demand for mineral sands and the products made from them is growing steadily, while the supply has remained stagnant, says local miner Exxaro Resources mineral sands and base metals commodity division executive GM Trevor Arran.

Revised Fairbreeze BAR submitted in search of project approval

Diversified mining company Exxaro has compiled a revised basic assessment report (BAR) for necessary regulatory approvals on the Fairbreeze mine project, says Fairbreeze project manager Cobus Janse van Rensburg.

Petmin says ready for local, international growth

JSE-listed diversified miner Petmin on Monday reported profit of R47-million for the six months ended December 31, following a period of significant capital investment in its flagship Somkhele metallurgical anthracite mine, in KwaZulu-Natal, and...

Infrastructure challenges hinder progress of coal sector

Sandton-based coal developer CIC Energy is keen to export coal from Botswana but says the country’s government urgently needs to make a decision concerning the implementation of the Trans-Kalahari railway line project, as the coal industry needs...

Grindrod keen on Prasa, West African iron-ore projects

Grindrod was interested in participating in the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (Prasa’s) proposed R136-billion rolling stock renewal programme, said Grindrod freight services division CE Dave Rennie on Wednesday. He said the...

South African Finance Minister unveils incentive for emerging miners

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is establishing a venture capital incentive for junior mining companies to strengthen growth in the South African mining sector. The fund would, through the Industrial Development Corporation, make R24.6-million a...

Petmin signs export contract with Grindrod

JSE-listed Petmin has signed a five-year agreement to export up to 600 000 t/y of metallurgical anthracite from Grindrod’s Kusasa dry bulk terminal in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal. The agreement, which is effective from February 1, allocates 45...

Is coal-reliant SA playing vacuously with its must-have mineral?

South Africa is more reliant on coal than any other country in the world, XMP Consulting analyst Xavier Prevost showed with an elaborate table of statistics flashed onto the screen at last week’s IHS McCloskey South African Coal Exports...