06/04/2012 (On-The-Air)

South Africa’s State-owned Industrial Development Corporation is investing billions of rands in the platinum industry; The Department of Trade and Industry is going all out to boost South Africa’s struggling manufacturing sector. Here is...

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.

Resources Watch

This week: Coal miner Exxaro will submit five renewable energy bids. Pan African Resources reports record earnings. And, South Africa should be extremely concerned about Implats’ strike, says Northam.

Company Announcement: Exxaro and Tata Power form JV company

South African-based diversified resources company Exxaro Resources Limited (Exxaro) and The Tata Power Company Limited (Tata Power), of India, through its subsidiary Khopoli Investments, have formed a 50:50 joint venture to create a new energy...

Exxaro, Tata move power JV forward

South African diversified resources company Exxaro and India-based power utility Tata Power Company, through its subsidiary Khopoli Investments, are expected to launch a 50:50 joint venture (JV) energy company next month. The initial project...

Coal miner Exxaro to submit five renewable energy bids

South Africa’s second-largest coal miner Exxaro Resources moving ahead with plans to generate clean energy.

Exxaro FY earnings up 40% on higher prices

South African diversified miner Exxaro on Thursday reported a 40% rise in full-year profit, boosted by strong demand and higher prices for the majority of its commodities and despite negative currency effects. Exxaro, South Africa's...

Cooke steps up to Anooraq platinum plate

Patrick Cooke has been appointed a non-executive director of empowered JSE-listed platinum miner Anooraq, replacing Wayne Kirk, 69, who has also resigned his non-executive director post at gold-mining company Great Basin Gold.

Exxaro bid for African Iron ASX’s worst-kept secret

Exxaro’s February 14-deadlined cash offer for the ASX-listed African Iron turned out to be one of the ASX's worst kept secrets. It was splashed over the global media a good two days before the official announcement. Even Mining Weekly Online...

Hyperactive Glencore nabs Namibian zinc mine

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The hyperactive London-listed Glencore, headed by the South African-born Ivan Glasenberg, has bought the age-old Namibian zinc mine, Rosh Pinah, in a pair of rapid-fire Southern African transactions.

South Africa leads way in distributing wealth to mineworkers

The R3.7-billion worth of worker wealth that two South African mining companies dished out in December to nearly 16 000 below-management employees will probably have diggers the world over eating their hearts out. It is a formula for staff...

WORKER WEALTH

Nearly 16 000 below-management employees from two South African mining companies shared R3.7-billion worth of worker wealth at the halfway point of separate ten-year employee ownership schemes that will probably have mine workers the world over...