Sentula tightens belt in contracting business
The deterioration in the South African mining business created hazards and opportunities for Sentula's contracting business while its exploration unit had been downscaled.
Strike costs Wescoal R10m in Eskom deliveries
A truckers’ strike knocked revenues and profits of Wescoal in the first six months of
its financial year, but the junior still managed solid results.
CoAL ends Mooiplaats strike, but market bites
Coal of Africa said a six-week strike at its Mooiplaats colliery in Mpumalanga
province was over, but the lower production and poor markets will make to a tough
first half of its financial year.
Unions push for coal sector wage talks
Employees in the coal sector may soon stand to benefit from wage increases based
on job grade adjustments, similar to those afforded to striking workers in the gold
sector.
Questions, fears over Eskom’s 16% increases
Eskom’s proposed 16% power tariff increases will shrink South Africa’s industrial
base and cull jobs, warns the Energy Intensive User Group.
AEMFC readies for second mine as losses mount
South Africa’s state-owned miner, African Exploration Mining and Finance
Corporation, says it has met all its operational targets of 2012.
Eskom itching to start nuclear programme
Eskom has responded to claims that it isn’t doing enough to plan for South Africa’s
nuclear energy requirements, as set down in Government policy.
Project slippage a global phenomena: Accenture
Capital project budget and scheduling slippages are extremely common globally, said
Accenture, adding that South Africa’s Eskom was "not alone' in its implementation
challenges.
Strikes ends at Petmin’s Somkhele mine
Petmin’s Somkhele anthracite mine in KwaZulu-Natal is back in production after the
group’s mining contractor agreed to a restructuring of wage packages.
Can Mpumalanga’s mining and farming co-exist?
Mpumalanga needs both agriculture and mining to realise exponential economic
growth to meet its 2020 job targets, but the two sectors simply cannot co-exist.