Dineo Phoshoko | Jun 30, 2021
Junior miners are hoping that the brighter mood in South Africa’s mining sector will translate practically into more exploration and development, with government taking an active collaboration role. This optimism underlays the generally positive...
Dineo Phoshoko | Apr 30, 2021
Another South African record for the largest electronic detonator blast has been broken by BME. The blast was conducted by BME at the end of 2020 at a manganese mine in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. Using its well-proven AXXIS electronic...
Mpinane Senkhane | Jan 21, 2016
Anglo American plc has announced that it has entered into a Share Sale Agreement (SSA) with Batchfire Resources Pty Ltd (Batchfire) to sell its 100% interest in the Callide thermal coal mine (Callide) in Queensland, Australia. Anglo said in a...
Mpinane Senkhane | Jan 11, 2016
A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed a private antitrust lawsuit in which zinc purchasers accused affiliates of Goldman Sachs Group Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Glencore Plc of conspiring to drive up the metal’s price. In an 87-page...
Mpinane Senkhane | Oct 26, 2015
The first South Africa Diamond Indaba, hosted by the Minister of Mineral Resources, Mr Mosebenzi Joseph Zwane (MP) together with the State Diamond Trader (SDT) at the Sandton Convention Centre on 27 October has seen industry come on board in...
Mpinane Senkhane | Oct 20, 2015
Following 19 years of consistent growth, Banding & Identification (ID) Solutions Africa continues to extend its reach into Southern Africa through value-added customer offerings such as; free demonstrations, technical support and product...
Mpinane Senkhane | Sep 10, 2015
The directors of precious metals explorer Platfields Limited have advised that the company remains suspended due to the requirement to finalise and publish interim results for the six months ended 31 August 2013 and 31 August 2014, the years ended...
Mpinane Senkhane | Sep 10, 2015
South African coal producers have raised their wage offer to unions, a spokeswoman for the chamber of mines, which negotiates on behalf of the industry, said on Wednesday. The talks come at a time when producers are closing some shafts in the wake...
Mpinane Senkhane | Sep 1, 2015
South Africa’s mining industry, unions and the government signed a broad plan on Monday to stem a wave of job losses triggered by falling commodity prices and soaring costs. The document of the blue print seen by Reuters last week included...
