Two Rivers two-day underground sit-in ends after interdict

The two-day "unprotected illegal" underground sit-in strike at Two Rivers platinum mine in Mpumalanga province – which was initially said to be a hostage drama – has ended, JSE-listed African Rainbow Minerals (Arm) said on Friday. A separate...

Two Rivers plant improvement on track

The plant improvement at Two Rivers platinum mine, in Mpumalanga province, is on schedule for completion in the first quarter of 2010.

Illegal sit-in halts production at SA platinum mine

An illegal sit-in by more than 240 employees at the Two Rivers platinum mine, in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province continued on Monday afternoon. More than one hundred mineworkers had embarked on the protest action on Sunday evening, halting...

Drive manufacturer plans to extend industrial gear range

Drive engineering company SEW Eurodrive South Africa plans to extend local assembly of the X-series range of industrial gear units up to 700 kN/m from the beginning of 2010. This will be especially useful to the mining industry, says SEW Eurodrive...

Small turnkey projects division proving successful

Nothing’s too small for DRA’s small turnkey projects division. “We’ll do anything to keep our staff busy at the moment,” DRA manager turnkey projects Paul Hopwood tells Mining Weekly.

NUM says Two Rivers wage talks suspended, declares dispute with Implats

Wage negotiations at the Two Rivers platinum mine, near Steelpoort, have been suspended by the mine management, South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday. The labour union said in a statement that the negotiations...

Anglo Coal’s Greenside Colliery workers stage one-day strike after fatality

About 500 of workers belonging to the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) observed a day of mourning at coal producer Anglo Coal’s Greenside Colliery, in South Africa, after an employee died at the weekend. Anglo American spokesperson Pranill...

New industrial gears on show

German-owned multinational company and a leader in drive engineering and drive electronics, SEW Eurodrive will use Electra Mining Africa 2008 as the official launch platform for its new range of industrial gears in South Africa, the X Series.

University sets the pace in geology research

Geology research in South Africa is growing significantly and the internationally competitive analytical infrastructure provided at the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ’s) analytical facility is engaged in more than a dozen...

Arm expects earnings to more than double on increased volumes, higher prices

Diversified South African mining company African Rainbow Minerals (Arm) expects its headline and basic earnings a share to increase to between 550c and 600c a share, for the 12 months ended June 30.

Expansions ensure up to 1,2m oz a year

The world’s second largest platinum producer Impala Platinum (Implats) reported continued strong growth in headline earnings for the interim period of the 2007 financial year, states the consolidated interim results report. This was...

PLATINUM & NICKEL GROWTH

Black empowered mining house African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) said it was well on track to achieve its target of doubling the size of the company and reducing cost of production by 2010.