Amplats, Zimbabwe to meet on Unki indigenisation plan

Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) said on Wednesday that it would meet officials from the Zimbabwe government later this week to discuss the indigenisation plan for its Unki mine. The world’s largest platinum producer submitted its...

Anglo’s South African export coal production rises

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Export thermal coal production from Anglo American’s South African and Colombian mines rose 5% to 8.6-million tons in the three months to December 31.

Anglo's South African export coal production rises

Export thermal coal production from Anglo American’s South African and Colombian mines rose 5% to 8.6-million tons in the three months to December 31. LSE- and JSE-listed Anglo American says that the fourth-quarter thermal coal production from...

Company Announcement: Q4 Production Review statement

There were 32 safety stoppages (S54s) during the fourth quarter of 2011 compared with 14 during the fourth quarter of 2010 and 16 during the third quarter of 2011. This brings the total number of safety stoppages for 2011 to 81 compared with 36...

Q3 shows 3% platinum production increase

Platinum production and employee productivity at primary producer of platinum-group metals Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplats’) operations have increased during the third quarter of this year.

Zim indigenisation 'a political football' - Caledonia CEO

Caledonia Mining, the Toronto- and London-listed Zimbabwean gold miner, does not expect to finalise a sale of a stake to locals until the run-up to an election. CEO Stefan Hayden said the indigenisation law, which requires companies operating in...

Heavy rainfall knocks Anglo's coal, copper and iron-ore output

Abnormally high rainfall negatively impacted on diversified mining giant Anglo American’s copper, coal and iron-ore output for the first quarter ended March. The miner on Thursday reported that its copper production decreased by 14% to 138 800...

Mining in Africa Projects 2010

A sample of mining projects taking place across the African continent.

Zimbabwe’s promising platinum future

Palladium and platinum supplies decreased in Russia and North America, while supplies of the metals climbed in Zimbabwe last year, states platinum refiner and specialist Johnson Matthey’s ‘Platinum 2010’ report.

Cosira Group awarded additional work at Zim’s Unki platinum mine

Black economic-empowered steel fabrication company the Cosira Group has been awarded a second contract for conveyor structural, mechanical and piping (SMP) at mining giant Anglo American’s Unki platinum mine and process plant, in Zimbabwe.

Safety milestones at four projects

The 2008 death toll in South Africa’s mining industry has now reached well over 120, however mining focused engineering project house TWP’s safety-conscious culture, where safety is its number-one priority, has resulted in TWP achieving a...

Anglo Platinum’s Unki project on target to meet deadlines

The world’s biggest platinum-miner, Anglo Platinum, says that the company will abide by the laws of the country in which it operates.