Company Announcement: Anglo American renews its strategic partnership with bt

BT today announced the signature of a global managed networked IT services contract with Anglo American, one of the world’s largest diversified mining companies.

Firm designs hands-free wireless system

Although video conferencing is now widely used in the mining industry, it tends to present many limitations for mining companies, says portable wireless and audio/video systems developer and manufacturer AudiSoft Technologies.

BHP looks beyond massive $20,9bn pipeline as fundamentals point to further growth

The world's biggest mining group, BHP Billiton, said on Wednesday that it had 33 projects in its pipeline worth $20,9-billion, or some R154-billion, and that it could potentially increase this to about $50-billion, around R370-billion....

Anglo American has $20bn project pipeline, $8,7bn approved

London-based diversified miner Anglo American could spend over $20-billion, nearly R150-billion, on projects going forward, of which its board has already approved more than $8-billion, or about R56-billion, CEO Cynthia Carroll said on Friday....

Namakwa Sands awards ICT contract to SA firm

JSE-listed ICT company Square One Solutions Group's subsidiary Business Solutions has just completed an installation at Anglo American's heavy minerals West coast mining operation, Namakwa Sands.

On-The-Air (10/12/2004)

Every Friday morning, SAfm's AMLive's radio anchor John Perlman speaks to Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly. Reported here is this Friday's At the Coalface transcript: Perlman: Discarded plastic...

On-The-Air (13/08/2004)

Every Friday morning, SAfm's AMLive's radio anchor John Perlman speaks to Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly. Reported here is this Friday's At the Coalface transcript: Perlman: New research...

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