New-order mining rights approved for gold mine expansion project

Precious-metals producer Gold Fields reported last month that the South African Department of Mineral Resources has approved the conversion of the South Deep old-order mining rights into new-order mining rights [in terms of the requirements of the...

South Deep will prove to be one of the best investments ever made – Gold Fields

South Deep will prove to be one of the best investments ever made, says Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland. “People will look back and say, ‘it was a steal’, in comparison to everything else out there,” Holland says. Gold Fields is positioning...

Gold Fields gets new-order mining right for South Deep

South Africa's second largest gold-miner Gold Fields announced on Monday that the Department of Mineral Resources had approved the conversion of its South Deep old order mining right to a new mining right. Included in the approval is an...

Gold Fields spotlights unrivalled riches of one-of-a-kind South Deep gold mine

South Africa's second-largest gold-miner Gold Fields on Wednesday put new emphasis on the unrivalled gold riches of its one-of-a-kind South Deep gold mine by announcing yet another crucial milestone that will enable the megamine to hit a tonnage...

Simulator training 
at South Deep

Operators of South Deep gold mine’s fleet of expensive underground mining equipment are given simulator training prior to venturing into the deep.

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...

JUMBO DRILLS, JUMBO MINE

The orebody of Gold Fields' South Deep gold mine is big, and so are its drills, as can be seen in this picture. No hand-held drills in this mine, which will be the subject of a special ‘Mine of the Year' feature in Mining Weekly on November 27....

South Deep expected to 
produce 300 000 oz in year ending June 2010

Plans for the build-up of JSE-listed gold major Gold Fields’ 50-year-life mechanised South Deep mine are progressing rapidly, states Gold Fields vice-president and head of South African operations Vishnu Pillay.

Aussie climate-change proposal impacts on coal, unused Zim mining claims face repossession, Gold Fields' South Deep starting to roll out

More than 2 000 Anglo American coal jobs would be lost through premature mine closure should the Australian government go ahead with its carbon pollution reduction scheme (CPRS), says Anglo CEO Cynthia Carroll. Read on page 18 of this edition of...

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,...

Gold Fields spending R8,5bn to complete mechanised South Deep ‘tonnage factory'

JSE-listed gold major Gold Fields would be spending R8,5-billion to complete its 50-year-life mechanised South Deep mine, which executives described on Friday as a "veritable tonnage factory". The R8,5-billion would be spent to 2014, when South...

Kloof extension area (KEA) depth-extension project, South Africa

Gold Fields plans to invest R1,4-billion at its Kloof gold mine, in the development of a decline shaft system to provide access to the KEA.