Richards Bay Minerals
DIVERSIFIED MINERS
$200bn capex ambition of mining majors under spotlight
The great China-led economic supercycle that has been boosting global economies for a decade is falling below its expected trajectory, which is giving rise to questions supercycle slippage and demise.
By: Martin Creamer
25th May 2012
IRON-ORE
Light turns amber for iron-ore investment – BHP Billiton
The light has turned amber for additional investment in iron-ore production, but it remains green for investment in copper, says the world’s biggest diversified mining company.
A lower rate of growth is on the way in China’s demand for global...
By: Martin Creamer
15th May 2012
DIVERSIFIED MINER
BHP moves to ease worries over mega project spend
Miner BHP Billiton moved to reassure investors fretting over its spending on "mega projects", promising discipline and potential noncore asset sales in one of the sector's clearest efforts to address market worries over the cost of growth. BHP,...By: Reuters
2nd May 2012
NEW APPOINTMENTS
Former Eastplats MD joins Gold One
ASX- and JSE-listed Gold One on Thursday announced the appointments of Wayne Robinson as executive VP for the South African operations and Michael Li as senior VP for Asia. Robinson, the former MD for Eastern Platinum, would provide mining...By: Natasha Odendaal
26th April 2012
DIVERSIFIED MINER
BHP taking measures to address downstream challenges
Diversified giant BHP Billiton would continue to take “deliberate measures” to address the challenges that its downstream-oriented businesses were facing, CEO Marius Kloppers said on Wednesday. In its financial results for the first six...8th February 2012
MINERAL SANDS
BHP exits titanium, sells RBM stake to Rio
Mining giant BHP Billiton said on Wednesday it would exit the titanium minerals industry in South Africa, selling its 37% stake in mineral sands producer Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) to Rio Tinto. The deal would double Rio Tinto’s stake in RBM...1st February 2012
RARE EARTHS
Great Western eyeing rare earths from SA titanium tailings
Great Western Minerals could more than double production at its South Africa rare earths project if it strikes a deal to extract the valuable elements from waste that companies including Exxaro Resources and Richards Bay Minerals generate from...
By: Matthew Hill
26th May 2011
HEAVY MINERALS
Mineral sands market working up a strom – RBM
The supply-constrained mineral sands market is working up a storm. It is currently a “pretty exciting” market, says Richards Bay Minerals CFO Bruce Beath. South Africa’s RBM is a major producer of titanium minerals, high-purity pig iron,...By: Martin Creamer
11th March 2011
Photo of the Week
MINING POND
South African sand miner Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) recovers ilmenite, rutile and zircon from the dunes in KwaZulu-Natal. Shown floating on an artificially created freshwater pond are two dredgers. The slurry, which develops when the burrowing...
By: Martin Creamer
11th March 2011
Mining Services
New separation equipment for mineral sands producer
Mineral separation and mineral processing solutions company Mineral Technologies delivered a range of mineral separation equipment to mineral sands producer Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) for their TTP expansion project in Richards Bay. The equipment...By: Natasha Odendaal
11th March 2011
Diversified Miners
Zulti North prospecting rights application withdrawn
Minerals producer Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) has submitted prospecting rights applications for two areas, namely Zulti North and Zulti South, in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).By: Natasha Odendaal
11th March 2011
MINERAL SANDS
Supply-short heavy minerals market ‘exciting’ – RBM
The supply-constrained heavy minerals market is currently “pretty exciting", says Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) CFO Bruce Beath.
“We’re sold out on all four products for the next year to three years,” Beath tells Mining Weekly Online....
By: Martin Creamer
7th March 2011
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