Kiln maintenance reduces operating margin

Junior mining resource company Canaf states the lower than traditional operating margin it experienced for the three months ending January 31, is a result of a maintenance shutdown at its South African calcined anthracite operation.

Shanduka may reopen Springlake coal mine on Thursday

Black-owned investment and holdings group Shanduka said on Wednesday that its Springlake coal mine, in KwaZulu-Natal, was likely to be reopened on Thursday. The mine was closed on August 14, following an underground explosion, which injured three...

Daily podcast – August 17, 2009

Shanduka reports that three workers have been injured in an underground explosion at its Springlake coal mine, in KwaZulu-Natal; and Chambishi Metals will delay restarting production until September.

Three injured in underground explosion at Shanduka mine

Black-owned investment and holdings group Shanduka on Friday reported that three workers had been injured in an underground explosion at its Springlake coal mine, in KwaZulu-Natal. Springlake COO Hentie Hoffmann told Mining Weekly Online that one...

NUM mulls coal sector wage offer, smaller union to strike from Sunday

Employers belonging to trade union Solidarity would down tools at South Africa's largest coal mines from midnight on Sunday, the union said on Tuesday.

Company Announcement: The National Union of Mineworkers to Recommend Offers Tabled by Collieries

The coal mining companies represented by the Chamber of Mines today presented the trade unions representing coal mining workers with revised wage increment offers ranging from between 7.5% and 8.5% for the highest category workers to 10% for the...

Coal sector wage talks see progress - chamber

"Positive" movement was made by both sides on Tuesday, when wage talks resumed between South African coal producers, represented by the Chamber of Mines, and South Africa's biggest mineworkers union, a spokesperson for the...

Coal wage mediation to resume July 31

Wage negotiations in the coal sector have been postponed to July 31, after the chamber requested employers and worker representatives to assess new cost demands, solidarity spokesperson Reint Dykema said on Tuesday.