Kumba approves R3.6bn life extension project pushing Sishen production out to...
KUMBA Iron Ore today said it had approved the R3.6bn extension of its flagship Sishen mine in South Africa's Northern Cape province.
The company, which...
Bushveld targets reliability in 2021 following decision to shut plant for...
BUSHVELD Minerals would prioritise operational reliability in 2021 after its vanadium operations suffered a shutdown in the fourth quarter.
"The biggest key phrase for us...
Steinmetz denies corruption as trial over Guinea’s Simandou prospect gets underway
BENY Steinmetz denied any role in corruption or forgery related to mining rights his company, Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR), secured in Guinea, said...
Kumba lowers 2020 output guidance in further evidence of iron ore...
KUMBA Iron Ore would produce about 37 million tons (Mt) of iron ore in its 2020 financial year which closes end-December, the company said...
IDC’s Nchocho “optimistic” of solution to Kalagadi Manganese legal standoff
INDUSTRIAL Development Corporation (IDC) CEO, Tshokolo Nchocho, said the organisation was "optimistic" of a good outcome in avoiding a protracted legal argument with Kalagadi...
ARM to test technology that could save its beleaguered ferroalloys production...
AFRICAN Rainbow Minerals (ARM) is investigating new smelting technology that could enable South Africa’s ferroalloys sector to circumvent swingeing electricity tariff increases.
The development of...
Menar’s R250m East Manganese project permitted ahead of first production
PRIVATELY-owned resources investment company, Menar, said it had been granted a mining right and water use licence for its R250m East Manganese project, a...
SA’s ferroalloys industry facing destruction owing to unstinting electricity tariff increases
SOUTH Africa's ferroalloys industry faced "destruction" owing to a sixfold increase in the electricity tariff provided by the country's power utility, Eskom, said BusinessLive.
"We...
Vanadium off-take for battery manufacture at “inflection point”, says Bushveld’s Mojapelo
SUPPLY of vanadium to China had grown from 3% to 18% of total production, said Fortune Mojapelo, CEO of Bushveld Minerals who added that...
NUM declares dispute with Kumba over sick leave after agreeing 8%...
THE National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Wednesday declared a dispute with Kumba Iron Ore over new sick leave provisions after agreeing to wage...