Underground blasting imminent at President Steyn – Harmony Gold

A resumption of underground blasting was imminent at the newly acquired President Steyn mine where 800 people had already been re-employed, Harmony Gold CEO Graham Briggs said on Monday. Briggs told Mining Weekly Online, in a video interview on...

Daily podcast - June 29, 2009

In today's podcast, Anglo American builds its defences against a £41-billion merger approach from Xstrata by planning talks about a major Chinese investment; and Harmony Gold says that the mining assets of the provisionally liquidated Pamodzi...

Pamdozi Free State a boost for preferred bidder Harmony Gold – Briggs

The mining assets of the provisionally liquidated Pamodzi Gold Free State had the potential to add 150 000 oz/y to Harmony Gold, which was selected as the preferred bidder at the weekend. Harmony CEO Graham Briggs said the assets also had the...

Harmony Gold looks forward to being debt free

South Africa’s Harmony Gold is hankering for the days when it will be free of debt. Harmony CEO foresees that happening by the middle of next year. “We’ll be a different company,” he says, able to contemplate not only further organic...

Is mechanisation of SA's narrow-reef mines a pipe dream or probability?

Mechanised mining of South Africa’s tabular narrow-reef mineral deposits has been on the to-do list of mining majors for years, but whether or not it can be effectively achieved in deep-level mining is a moot point. Diversified miner Xstrata...

Is mechanising South Africa’s narrow reefs a pipe dream or probability?

Mechanised mining of South Africa’s tabular narrow-reef mineral deposits has been on the to-do list of mining majors for years, but whether or not it can be effectively achieved in deep-level mining is a moot point.

Daily podcast – August 5, 2008

In today's podcast: Absa signs a five-year R1,7-billion wide-area network deal with fixed-line telecom operator Telkom, Tongaat Hulett says that it could generate up to 266 MW of power in three years' time and, South Deep gold mine has switched to...

South Deep now fully mechanised deep-level gold mine

The South Deep gold mine has switched to fully mechanised mining and has ceased conventional mining entirely, outgoing Gold Fields COO Terence Goodlace tells Mining Weekly Online. Goodlace says the use of highly mechanised equipment includes...

Conops plug may be pulled on some Harmony operations, says Briggs

Continuous operations (conops), once seen as the Holy Grail of the South African gold mining industry, may be discontinued at some Harmony Gold operations, new Harmony Gold CEO Graham Briggs tells Mining Weekly.

Target achieves safety milestone

The Target gold-mine in the northern Free State this week achieved a safety milestone, recording two-million consecutive fatality free shifts for surface operations and underground mining.

Anglo sells Avmin stake to ARMgold/Harmony

Mining giant Anglo American Plc said on Friday it had sold its stake in South Africa's Anglovaal Mining to a consortium comprising African Rainbow Minerals Gold Ltd and Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd.

Target gold mine begins showing its quality

South African gold producer Avgold announecd yesterday that it had recorded a 15% increase in revenue, to R278-million (December 31, 2002: R241,6-million), and a 188% increase in operating profit to R47,2-million (R16,4-million), after most of the...