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Kwatani Collaboration Boosts Local Mining Economy
Kwatani Collaboration Boosts Local Mining Economy
16th January 2020

Specialist vibrating equipment Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Kwatani is leveraging a recent multi-year service contract at a large mining customer in the Northern Cape to further boost the... 


Stephen Letwin is retiring as Iamgold CEO
Iamgold reports 2019 production results and names new CEO
16th January 2020 By: Mariaan Webb

Canadian gold miner Iamgold on Thursday reported "solid" production results and named a new CEO, following Stephen Letwin’s decision to retire after a decade at the helm of the mid-tier mining... 


Mine Community Resettlement Guidelines Open for Comment
14th January 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

On 4 December 2019, the Minister for the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (the "DMR") published the draft Mine Community Resettlement Guidelines (the "Draft Guidelines") for public... 


US to impose sanctions on Iran’s metal exports and leaders
10th January 2020 By: Bloomberg

The Trump administration imposed new sanctions on Iran on Friday, including penalties on the Islamic Republic’s metals and some senior leaders, following Tehran’s attack on US military bases. The... 


SA mining showing ‘steady improvement’, but concerns linger
SA mining showing ‘steady improvement’, but concerns linger
13th December 2019 By: Nadine James

It was a mixed bag for the South African mining sector in the South African mining sector, with announcements of renewed investment and newly commissioned operations interspersed with announcements... 


NEW VAAL COLLIERY Coal-fired power will continue to be fundamental to the growth of the local economy for the foreseeable future
Mini-pit mining to start at New Largo mid-2020
13th December 2019 By: Tracy Hancock

Opencast mining of various mini-pit areas at the New Largo thermal coal project, in Mpumalanga, should start in mid-2020, as part of the phased approach to the mine’s development, says black-owned... 


Mines body launches social and labour plan portal for members
13th December 2019 By: Simone Liedtke

The Minerals Council South Africa has launched its social and labor plan (SLP) portal where members can post their SLP documentation so it can be easily accessed by interested parties. While... 


SA mining showing ‘steady improvement’, but concerns linger
SA mining showing ‘steady improvement’, but concerns linger
13th December 2019 By: Nadine James

It was a mixed bag for the South African mining sector in the South African mining sector, with announcements of renewed investment and newly commissioned operations interspersed with announcements... 


Regulatory uncertainty, economic issues limiting SA’s potential to benefit from mining investment
Regulatory uncertainty, economic issues limiting SA’s potential to benefit from mining investment
6th December 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Mining companies often build schools and healthcare facilities for rural communities when government falls short, and such efforts can unlock more value from mining investment, says law firm Hogan... 


South Africa is Anglo’s best-performing mining jurisdiction – Cutifani
6th December 2019 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa is Anglo American's best performing mining jurisdiction, Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani said last night, when he chided South Africans for not giving themselves the credit they... 


BALLS OF STEEL
Pelletised iron is made from waste dust and can be used in the manufacture of steel
Opportunities abound in uncertain iron-ore market
6th December 2019 By: Darren Parker

Where some might see cause for concern, mining services provider Ukwazi business development director Spencer Eckstein believes that the uncertain future of iron-ore demand and pricing could mean... 


Regulatory uncertainty, economic issues limiting SA’s potential to benefit from mining investment
Regulatory uncertainty, economic issues limiting SA’s potential to benefit from mining investment
6th December 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Mining companies often build schools and healthcare facilities for rural communities when government falls short, and such efforts can unlock more value from mining investment, says law firm Hogan... 


Minerals Council CEO Roger Baxter and public affairs and transformation senior executive Tebello Chabana
Minerals Council members largely compliant with 2010 Charter requirements
4th December 2019 By: Simone Liedtke

The Minerals Council South Africa on Wednesday published a report on the South African mining industry’s progress in transforming the industry in terms of the Mining Charter. The report was based... 


Minerals Council launches SLP portal for members
4th December 2019 By: Simone Liedtke

The Minerals Council South Africa has launched its social and labor plan (SLP) portal where members can post their SLP documentation so it can be easily accessed by interested parties. While... 


Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani
South Africa is Anglo’s best performing mining jurisdiction ­– Cutifani
27th November 2019 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa is Anglo American's best performing mining jurisdiction, Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani said last night, when he chided South Africans for not giving themselves the credit they... 


Current regulations inadequate to ensure ‘social transitioning’ after mine closure
Current regulations inadequate to ensure ‘social transitioning’ after mine closure
15th November 2019 By: Tracy Hancock

To ensure a level playing field across the South African mining sector, better guidelines need to be developed to ensure the implementation of sustainable ‘social transitioning’ after mine closure,... 


Current regulations inadequate to ensure ‘social transitioning’ after mine closure
Current regulations inadequate to ensure ‘social transitioning’ after mine closure
15th November 2019 By: Tracy Hancock

To ensure a level playing field across the South African mining sector, better guidelines need to be developed to ensure the implementation of sustainable ‘social transitioning’ after mine closure,... 


Aura seeks compensation from Sweden over uranium ban
Aura seeks compensation from Sweden over uranium ban
8th November 2019 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Dual-listed Aura Energy is seeking compensation from Sweden for the financial losses that it incurred as a result of the country’s uranium ban that came into effect in August last year. Aura... 


Total to supply LNG as marine fuel from 2020
1st November 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Global energy company Total expects delivery in 2020 of its first large liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessel. The bunker vessel will supply LNG to commercial vessels in northern Europe,... 


BT Industrial set on transforming the industrial landscape in Africa
BT Industrial set on transforming the industrial landscape in Africa
1st November 2019

Built from start-up, BT Industrial – a new-generation, black-owned, high-energy business driven by innovation, international standards, and service excellence – is transforming the industrial... 


BT Industrial set on transforming the industrial landscape in Africa
BT Industrial set on transforming the industrial landscape in Africa
31st October 2019

Built from start-up, BT Industrial – a new-generation, black-owned, high-energy business driven by innovation, international standards, and service excellence – is transforming the industrial... 


Sibanye CEO Neal Froneman
Mining deal-maker eyes New York from 2021 as South Africa palls
29th October 2019 By: Bloomberg

Sibanye Gold CEO Neal Froneman is considering moving the South African miner’s primary listing to New York from 2021, after he curbs the company’s debt. The surge in palladium and rhodium prices... 


SA moves to give new impetus to exploration,  following years of stagnation
SA moves to give new impetus to exploration, following years of stagnation
18th October 2019 By: Tracy Hancock

The absence of new mining projects, owing to limited exploration, continues to weigh on the future sustainability of South Africa’s once thriving mining sector, which once captured a larger share... 


Is S Africa’s regulatory framework supportive of junior mining?
18th October 2019

Whenever the mining industry experiences a downturn, exploration spending usually plummets, a phenomena best illustrated by South Africa, whose exploration budget, according to S&P Global Market... 


SA moves to give new impetus to exploration,  following years of stagnation
SA moves to give new impetus to exploration, following years of stagnation
18th October 2019 By: Tracy Hancock

The absence of new mining projects, owing to limited exploration, continues to weigh on the future sustainability of South Africa’s once thriving mining sector, which once captured a larger share... 


Venetia Underground on track to start production in 2021
Venetia Underground on track to start production in 2021
11th October 2019 By: Nadine James

The $2-billion Venetia Diamond Mine Underground project remains on track and within budget to achieve first production in 2021. At steady-state production, 5.9-million tonnes of ore will be treated... 


HIGHER GRADE
Tanzania has a long history of gold mining and hosts some of the highest-grade gold deposits globally
Shanta’s training improves livelihood of miners
11th October 2019 By: Mamaili Mamaila

With artisanal mining underpinning the livelihoods of many families in Tanzania, the risk remains that informal mining is not conducted safely, says Tanzanian gold mining company Shanta Gold CEO... 


Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani.
Modern, sustainable mining can build thriving communities – Anglo
11th October 2019 By: Martin Creamer

Modern, sustainable and innovative mining was capable of building thriving mining communities that were healthier, better educated and employed in greater numbers, Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani... 


Venetia Underground on track to start production in 2021
Venetia Underground on track to start production in 2021
11th October 2019 By: Nadine James

The $2-billion Venetia Diamond Mine Underground project remains on track and within budget to achieve first production in 2021. At steady-state production, 5.9-million tonnes of ore will be treated... 


Paris appoints new mining delegate for French Guiana
8th October 2019 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The French government has appointed mining engineer Didier Le Moine as new mining delegate and coordinator of mining projects in French Guiana, a move which Canada-listed Columbus Gold has... 


Hunt for palladium riches sends South African miners abroad
Hunt for palladium riches sends South African miners abroad
8th October 2019 By: Bloomberg

Southern Africa is home to the world’s richest platinum deposits, but when Impala Platinum Holdings pondered how to invest its windfall profits it chose North America instead. The acquisition of... 


Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani.
Modern, sustainable mining can build thriving communities – Anglo
2nd October 2019 By: Martin Creamer

Modern, sustainable and innovative mining was capable of building thriving mining communities that were healthier, better educated and employed in greater numbers, Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani... 


More legal muscle for mining communities
More legal muscle for mining communities
30th September 2019

Recent regulatory developments have helped to increase the pressure that communities are able to exert on mining companies. This highlights the need for companies to implement more effective... 


Emerging entrepreneurs finding it difficult to break into mining sector
Emerging entrepreneurs finding it difficult to break into mining sector
27th September 2019 By: Nadine James

Given the sheer number of supplier and enterprise development programmes implemented by mining houses, aided by the Mining Charter III allowing companies to offset up to 30% of their procurement... 


Sexual harassment has become a serious issue
27th September 2019 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Attorney Erica Emdon contends that mining operations should put in place complainant-centred policies for dealing with workplace sexual harassment The past few weeks have witnessed some... 


Emerging entrepreneurs finding it difficult to break into mining sector
Emerging entrepreneurs finding it difficult to break into mining sector
27th September 2019 By: Nadine James

Given the sheer number of supplier and enterprise development programmes implemented by mining houses, aided by the Mining Charter III allowing companies to offset up to 30% of their procurement... 


Pan African CEO Cobus Loots
Gold’s safe haven status has returned – Pan African
18th September 2019 By: Martin Creamer

The safe haven status of gold appears to have returned for the time being. “The world is increasingly an unstable place. Project one world, or globalisation, seems to have failed,” Pan African CEO... 


Rankin Inlet is close to the Meliadine mine
In planet’s fastest-warming region, jobs come with thaw
18th September 2019 By: Bloomberg

James Kalluk spent much of his childhood inside an igloo in Canada’s far north, close to the Arctic Circle. Building that kind of home requires temperatures low enough to freeze the region’s... 


Webber Wentzel Corporate Practice partner Jonathan Veeran
Sustainable mining achievable through a ‘coordinated approach’
17th September 2019 By: Simone Liedtke

Sustainable mine development and sustainable mining are not only laudable, but are “much required”, Webber Wentzel Corporate Practice partner Jonathan Veeran stresses. Speaking at a mining round-up... 


OPTIMAL SYSTEMS
The future of pump technology may be in optimal system integration rather than the pump itself
Marked increase in company’s pump refurbishment orders
13th September 2019 By: Mamaili Mamaila

Pumps supplier Mechanical Rotating Solutions (MRS) has witnessed a marked increase in refurbishment orders for its pumps division in the first quarter of 2019 – as opposed to new installations –... 


RESISTANCE REPORTED The resistance to Chinese-funded infrastructure developments in Zambia is no different from any other mining jurisdiction
Chinese investment underpins Africa’s mining sector
13th September 2019 By: Tracy Hancock

China has played an important role in developing the mining industries of Africa’s emerging nations, such as Zambia, where the Asian country’s investment has particularly helped infrastructure... 


Orion MD and CEO Errol Smart
Orion Minerals kicks off BEE restructuring
12th September 2019 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Base metals developer Orion Minerals has completed a major component of its black economic empowerment (BEE) restructuring. The ASX- and JSE-listed miner on Thursday noted that its exiting BEE... 


HIGHER STANDARD The draft standard seeks to ensure that adequate housing, healthcare services, balanced nutrition and water are adequately provided for mine employees in South Africa
Draft housing standard calls for clarity on Charter requirements
30th August 2019 By: Tracy Hancock

It is unclear whether the requirements of Mining Charter III for mining companies with regard to the housing and living conditions of their mineworkers will fall away once the Draft Reviewed... 


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