Anglo granted copper exploration permits near Brazil’s Amazon
ANGLO American has won hundreds of permits this month to explore for copper situated on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon in a mineral-bearing...
Alphamin CEO, Boris Kamstra, participates in firm’s C$19.2m share offering
TIN development company, Alphamin Resources Corporation, said it had raised C$19.2m following the issue of 76.8 million shares in a previously disclosed transaction.
Shares were...
Interdict holding back MC Mining Makhado project ‘discharged’
AN interim interdict against an environmental authorisation for Makhado, an $80m metallurgical and thermal coal project in South Africa's Limpopo province, has been "discharged"...
Minerals Council, Govt set down water-saving guidelines for SA mines
SOUTH African mining companies will begin to develop water-saving plans following completion of guidelines produced in a joint effort between the country's Minerals Council,...
Eskom halts coal deliveries amid violent union protest
ESKOM, the South African electricity utility, halted all all road coal deliveries on June 14 owing to protests by members of trade unions.
"There have...
SA Parliament discusses mine deaths saying intervention needed
MINER fatalities at the West Rand underground gold operations of Sibanye-Stillwater were discussed again in South Africa's Parliament after the chairman of its portfolio...
SA mining production and value earned slumps again in April
COAL was only one of three mineral classes where South African mining production increased in April compared to last year, said BusinessLive citing data...
Spate of underground deaths ‘inexplicable’ to Sibanye-Stillwater
SIBANYE-Stillwater said human behaviour was behind many of the underground deaths recorded among miners at its West Rand gold operations, Kloof and Driefontein.
"It is...
SA business confidence wanes in Q2 amid regulatory issues
BUSINESS confidence in South Africa waned in the second quarter, according to an index compiled by Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) and the Bureau for...
Eskom power stations working optimally despite wildcat strikes
ESKOM said its power stations continued to operate optimally despite wildcat strikes called by unions after the South African power utility claimed it could...