Resources Watch

12th September 2013

Welcome to Creamer Media’s Resources Watch, a weekly video round-up of the events and people making and shaping the news in the mining industry.

This week:
Coal of Africa invests R250-million capex in Vele expansion.
Dr Sivi Gounden says the current mining crisis presents an opportunity for a mining sea change.
And, ARM says its Malaysian project isn’t an abandonment of local beneficiation.

Loss-making coal junior Coal of Africa Limited has received board approval for the R220-million expansion of its Vele operation, CoAL executive chairperson David Brown announced.

Coal of Africa Limited executive chairperson David Brown

The current crisis in the South African mining industry presents an opportunity for a sea change, says former Bateman CEO and former Public Enterprises director-general Dr Sivi Gounden.

HolGoun chairperson Sivi Gounden

African Rainbow Minerals ferrous division CE Jan Steenkamp says the new manganese alloy smelting project in Malaysia isn’t an abandonment of the company’s commitment to viable beneficiation.

African Rainbow Minerals ferrous division CE Jan Steenkamp

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