Company Announcement: Atlas Copco awarded very large order in South Africa

Atlas Copco has received one of its largest orders ever in South Africa, to deliver Pit Viper 351 blasthole drilling rigs for around R 290 million to Kumba Iron Ore, a unit of Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining companies.

SA court grants govt, ICT leave to appeal

A South African court on Friday granted the mining ministry and politically connected Imperial Crown Trading (ICT) the leave to appeal in a mineral rights case against Kumba Iron Ore and ArcelorMittal South Africa. The decision could drag out a...

Caterpillar launches new blasthole drill rigs 
onto Southern African market

Construction and mining equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has launched its new blasthole drill rigs onto the market.

Mittal sets aside more than R20m to explore N Cape iron-ore prospect

JSE-listed steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (Mittal) has confirmed the acquisition of nearly 20% of an iron-ore exploration project in the Northern Cape province. CE Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita reported on Thursday that early stage...

Kumba output advances 15% as Kolomela ramp-up continues

JSE-listed Kumba Iron Ore increased its March quarter production by 15% year-on-year to 10.1-million tons, aided by the ramp up of its new Northern Cape iron-ore mine. The Anglo American subsidiary said the Kolomela mine, near Postmasburg, added...

Sishen Expansion Project, South Africa

The project will apply jig technology to extract 13-million tons a year of additional saleable ore from 21-million tons a year of feedstock.

Sishen mine, South Africa

An iron-ore mine, situated in the Northern Cape.

Kumba’s iron-ore sales rise despite 5% production decline

Kumba Iron Ore has posted a 5% decrease in annual production from its three active operations, owing to exceptional rainfall at its Sishen mine in the first quarter of 2011, and a planned slowdown of its Thabizimbi mine, which is nearing its end...

Kumba FY earnings climb 19% to R17bn

Anglo American’s Kumba Iron Ore on Thursday reported a 19% increase in headline earnings to R17-billion as export iron-ore prices and export volume sales increased. The JSE-listed company experienced an export sales volume increase of 3%, from...

Mittal seeks govt approval for N Cape iron-ore acquisition

Africa's largest steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (Mittal) has completed its due diligence of an unnamed iron-ore exploration prospect in the Northern Cape and would move to buy the resources once it had received the necessary approvals...

Kolomela iron-ore project, South Africa

Kumba Iron Ore has reported a production increase of 4%, reaching 11.2-million tons during the fourth quarter of 2011.

MINING IN THE CITY

Anglo American group company Kumba Iron Ore rolled this giant Unit Rig Mark 36 haul truck into Johannesburg last week to remind city dwellers that it is mining that laid the foundation for what has become South Africa's largest and richest city....