Natalie Greve

AMCU, Lonmin talks reach deadlock, formal arbitration to start

The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) and platinum miner Lonmin on Thursday again failed to reach agreement on a new recognition agreement and the matter has now been referred for arbitration.  The meeting, conducted under...

Firestone moves closer to Eskom supply agreement

Dual-listed Firestone Energy on Thursday published an interim resource statement for its joint-venture (JV) Waterberg coal project, where production is set to start in the second half of 2015. Drilling results have confirmed the gross tons in situ...

Molewa launches environmental-impact mitigation guideline for mining industry

Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa on Wednesday launched a guideline document to provide the mining sector with directives on how to avoid, limit or remedy mining impacts as part of a thorough environmental-impact assessment...

Jubilee again extends PLA acquisition date

Aim- and JSE-listed Jubilee Platinum has, for a second time, extended the transactional end date for the acquisition of ASX-listed Platinum Australia (PLA) to allow time for certain terms of the proposed transaction to be revised. The transaction...

Afferro, IMIC agree on terms of $190m offer

Cameroon-focused iron-ore junior Afferro Mining said on Wednesday that it had agreed to terms for a $190-million offer from investment group International Mining & Infrastructure Corporation (IMIC). IMIC, which currently owns 5% of Afferro, would...

Development of AMD treatment plants for Wits basin under way – Molewa

The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) has made “good progress” with regard to the challenge of acid mine drainage (AMD) in the Witwatersrand area since the inception of an inter-Ministerial committee on AMD in 2010, Water and Environmental...

Lanxess strike turns violent, rubber bullets fired

An illegal strike by several hundred workers at German speciality chemicals group Lanxess’ Rustenburg chrome operation turned violent on Tuesday, as site management attempted to engage employees on their grievances. “A large group of employees...

AngloGold Ashanti ushers in new CFO, COO amid board reshuffle

In a bid to streamline its business, JSE-listed AngloGold Ashanti on Tuesday announced several changes to its executive leadership team, including the appointment of Richard Duffy as CFO and Ron Largent as joint COO, alongside current COO Mike...

ACR to apply for stay of proceedings in Marange licence indictment case

Aim-listed African Consolidated Resources (ACR) would apply to the Attorney General in Zimbabwe for a stay of proceedings while an appeal against a judgment that an indictment against the company could not be quashed, was under way. ACR on Monday...

Company to build R5m solar PV system at Anglo's Kriel colliery

Mining major Anglo American has awarded SolarPower Africa the contract to build a 240 kWp grid-connected, ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) system to provide electricity to the central administration offices at the Kriel Colliery, in Mpumalanga....