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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:32:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[MPs want details on Eskom deals]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The government is "concerned" about Eskom's confidential electricity tariff agreements with large industrial groups, says Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan.]]></description>
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:55:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Aurora fighting rising tide of discontent]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Aurora Empowerment Systems is struggling hard to make sense of its marginal gold mines Grootvlei and the Orkney shafts, and is now facing accusations of fraud.]]></description>
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:44:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Imperial Crown Trading vies for part of Sishen]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Imperial Crown Trading is revealed as the third party that has been granted a prospecting right over part of the Sishen mine operated by Kumba Iron Ore. One of the directors was linked to deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe.]]></description>
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:35:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Aurora to restructure Grootvlei]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Aurora Empowerment System is to cut back gold output at its east Rand mine in an effort to more effectively finance the recapitalisation of the operation.]]></description>
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:01:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Smelter contracts puts Eskom in dilemma]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Eskom is trapped between government on one side and the private sector on the other regarding the smelter power contracts. South Africa can only lose.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.miningmx.com/opinion/x_factor/Smelter-contracts-puts-Eskom-in-dilemma.htm]]></link>
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:48:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[London Mining seeks billions for iron ore plans]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[London Mining is hunting billions of dollars in project financing to bring two of its four iron ore projects into production. It starts its Sierra Leone project early in 2011.]]></description>
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:59:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[ANC tentacles in Sishen mineral rights]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The ruling African National Congress may have business interests in the unidentified firm that swooped on Sishen's mineral rights.]]></description>
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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:58:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Eskom facing court on BHP Billiton deal]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sake24, sister publication of Miningmx, is requesting a court order that will force Eskom to reveal the prices at which it supplies electricity to BHP Billiton's two aluminium smelters in Southern Africa.]]></description>
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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:39:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Kumba's play for Sishen hits a hurdle]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Kumba Iron Ore lodges an appeal against the Department of Mineral Resources' decision to grant prospecting rights to a third party over a portion of Kumba's Sishen mine.]]></description>
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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:27:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Pallinghurst maps aggressive growth plans]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Consolidation is the name of the game for Pallinghurst as it seeks to carve a meaningful role for itself in platinum and iron ore. It has aggressive growth plans around manganese and gemstones too.]]></description>
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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:57:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Gem looks for growth after tough 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Gem Diamonds is talking about looking for growth after a very difficult 2009 in which it posted a profit at its two mines, hacking back costs and pausing on projects. Letseng forms the core for this expansion.]]></description>
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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:56:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Coal of Africa fails to deliver]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[JSE high flier Coal of Africa, stumbled in the six months to end-December reporting a taxed loss of A$35.2m and incurring "take or pay" penalties on non-delivery of export coal.
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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:16:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Union threatens Gold One strike]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa's largest mining union threatens strike action at Gold One's Modder East mine over a dispute over a wage settlement and living out allowances.]]></description>
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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:47:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Pallinghurst in the black]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pallnghurst Resources is making progress with its plan to develop four strategic business platforms although there is now a year's delay on platinum subsidiary Platmin hitting full output.]]></description>
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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:38:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Aurora seeks Grootvlei water solution]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Aurora is in talks to resolve water pollution at the Grootvlei gold mine after authorities threatened to haul the group before a court for pumping dirty water into waterways.]]></description>
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