NUM overwhelmingly rejects Kumba’s wage offer
The National Union of Mineworkers says thousands of its members had "overwhelmingly" rejected Kumba Iron Ore's wage offer.
IFM: no fall in ferrochrome Q4 contracts price
An end to de-stocking coupled with rising demand will ensure ferrochrome contract prices do not fall below current levels for the fourth quarter, International Ferro Metals says.
Absa raises R128m bond issue for Simmers
Absa Capital has raised R128m in a high yield, unrated bond issuance for Simmer & Jack Mines.
Deposed Le Riche to fight board coup
FORMER diamond group CEO, Hein le Riche, re-surfaces - spitting mad - ahead of extraordinary AGM to turf out board.
Highveld Q2 hot metal output jumps
Highveld Steel and Vanadium, SA's second-largest steel producer, has reported a 19.1%
increase in year-on-year production in the second quarter of 2010.
Merafe to return to the black
Merafe Resources said on Thursday it expected to report a return to black for the six months to the end of June.
Northam, Jubilee to explore furnace plan
Northam Platinum and Jubilee Platinum have agreed to explore development of a 'ConRoast' facility in the first step to developing another source of furnace capacity in South Africa's platinum industry.
Simmers cuts it fine on loan repayment
Simmer and Jack still needs to sell another R70m worth of bonds to meet the R100m repayment due to Rand Merchant Bank at the end of the month.
Jubilee Platinum makes ConRoast breakthrough
Northam Platinum is looking at a JV with Jubilee Platinum which would utilise Jubilee's revolutionary ConRoast smelting technology to treat platinum concentrates from Northam's Booysendal mine.
Iron ore prices to stay high
Iron ore prices will stay high for another two to three years according to institution MF Global which says China is investing in new iron ore projects in order to boost supply and lower prices.