PTM's Waterberg discovery 'more down to earth' than asteroid mining

Digging platinum from asteroids? Toronto- and New York-listed junior Platinum Group Metals (PTM) said on Tuesday its discovery of a new deposit in South Africa is “more down to earth" than the recent suggestions of mining on asteroids for...

Ferguson slams PTT and regulator over Montara spill

Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson on Wednesday again criticised oil and gas firm PTT Exploration & Production’s (PTTEP’s) actions during the Montara incident in 2009, saying it could have been prevented. Ferguson was commenting on...

South Deep gold mine expansion, South Africa

The project comprises a main shaft and a ventilation shaft – collectively referred to as the twin shaft complex, which has a hoisting capacity of 175 000 t/m.

Paladin says Kayelekera mine unaffected by Malawi quakes

ASX- and TSX-listed uranium producer Paladin Energy on Wednesday reported that its Kayelekera mine, in Malawi, had remained unaffected by a spate of earthquakes and after-shocks that had hit the area during the last three days. A series of six...

Seven years of plenty for Civcon

Gauteng-based civil engineering contractor Civcon has, for the past seven years, been contracted by Gold Fields for various projects on the South Deep gold mine, in Westonaria.

South Deep being set up as Gold Fields’ new flagship operation

The South Deep gold mine is being set up as a flagship operation the Gold Fields group.

The gold operation is being established not only to surpass the longevity of all of Gold Fields South African mines, but also to outlast all other current...

Gold Fields 'throwing capital' at mechanised, high-yielding South Deep

"We are not drip-feeding this mine with capital. We are throwing capital at every single project," Gold Fields executive vice-president and head of South African operations Vishnu Pillay tells Mining Weekly, in reference to the company's great,...

CoAL commissions coal handling plant at Mooiplaats

Aim-, ASX- and JSE- listed Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) has successfully commissioned the coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP) at its Mooiplaats colliery, in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province.

CoAL commissions coal handling plant at Mooiplaats

Aim-, ASX- and JSE- listed Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) has successfully commissioned the coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP) at its Mooiplaats colliery, in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province. This first module of the CHPP has the...

Miner killed at Implats mine on eve of union’s safety boycott at gold mines

A worker has died at platinum-group metals (PGMs) producer Impala Platinum's (Implats') No 10 shaft on Tuesday night after a fall-of-ground incident, the company confirmed on Wednesday. Implats spokesperson Alice Lourens told Mining Weekly Online...

Union leader lambastes employers over accidents

“Sometimes [mineworkers] are not regarded as human beings.”

Zim urges improved delivery as he hands over chamber’s reins

Outgoing Chamber of Mines president Lazarus Zim has denied that there is a management culture in the mining industry that places production ahead of safety and has decribed as a myth the assertion that the industry "willingly sends people in the...