Numsa ends industrial action at Xstrata Alloys

Wage-related industrial action at mining group Xstrata Alloys ended on Friday, after an agreement was reached between the company and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) late on Thursday. Following the endorsement of the...

New R700m Xstrata chrome mine advances, Exxaro still coy on iron-ore project details, Wits Gold wants to bring on shallow gold mine

Global diversified mining major Xstrata is stamping its authority on the ferrochrome business with progress at the R700-million Magareng chrome mine in Steelpoort, Limpopo; Exxaro will only say that it has advanced its maiden iron-ore project into...

Xstrata opens new mining complex in Steelpoort

Global diversified mining group Xstrata has officially opened its newest South African mine, the Magareng chrome mine in Steelpoort, Limpopo.

R20-million turnkey contract for Mototolo mine

Engineering projects firm TWP has been awarded a R20-million turnkey contract for a new materials handling system at the Mototolo mine's concentrator, scheduled for completion in February 2011. The platinum-group metals mine is a joint venture...

MDM appointed contractor for Kalagadi Manganese sinter plant project

Minerals process engineering and project management group MDM Engineering (MDM) has been given a letter of award for the engineering, design, project and construction management (EDPCM) for the Kalagadi Manganese (Kalagadi) Umtu sinter plant...

Energy for Xstrata's R4,9bn Lion ferrochrome add-on, plus new R700m mine

The London-listed global ferrochrome leader Xstrata is pressing ahead with its long-delayed second-phase expansion of the Lion plant in South Africa, following an energy nod from Eskom augmented by the company's own self-generation plans. Going...

Infrastructure deficiencies constraining SA’s manganese growth

Mike Rossouw cites South Africa’s manganese story as being one of South Africa’s saddest mining stories. “We’ve got 80% of the manga-nese reserves and resources in the world, but we only produce about 15% of the world’s manga- nese,...

Infrastructure deficiencies constraining South Africa’s manganese growth

Mike Rossouw cites South Africa’s manganese story as being as one of South Africa’s saddest mining stories.

Resources Watch

This week: Russia's Severstal swoops on South African minnow's ‘revolutionary' iron alternative; Xstrata says that mining has a major role to play to grow South Africa's economy. And, black-owned Optimum Coal is to invest R3billion over the next...

Beating growth target of two new plants a year

Outsourced plant operation and maintenance specialist Minopex is exceeding its target of winning contracts to run two additional mineral processing plants a year. Minopex last year secured contracts to operate three additional plants and this...

Pumps supplied to vanadium extraction operation

Diversified mining company Xstrata Alloys vanadium extraction operation Rhombus Vanadium (Rhovan) has installed a new pump at the operation’s precipitation plant.

Recognition of prior learning will accelerate adult education

A new adult basic education and training (Abet) programme, Accelerate, has been developed by education and training company Media Works. Accelerate uses recognition of prior learning as the basis for its increased efficiency in the training process.