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News This Week
Creamer Media publishes Automotive 2013: A review of South Africa's automotive sector research report
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The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) has described 2012 as a year of “relatively solid growth” and initial estimations by the association place turnover in the new-vehicle market at about R182-billion,...
20th May 2013
HEALTH & SAFETY
Asbestos Relief Trust pays out R250m to 3 600 claimants in ten years
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Workmen’s compensation fund the Asbestos Relief Trust (ART) will mark its tenth year of existence in July, having provided compensatory relief to mineworkers suffering from asbestos-related diseases (ARDs) since July 2003. The ART has, to date,...
By: Samantha Moolman
17th May 2013
MINING EXPLOSIVES
BME increases in-house manufacture of mobile mining units
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Increasing the in-house manufacturing of its mobile mining units (MMUs) is helping explosives supplier BME to further improve its client service levels and market penetration in Africa.
17th May 2013
FERROUS METALS
Bushveld to start Limpopo iron-ore project as low-capex, quick-to-implement venture
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Aim-listed mineral development company Bushveld Minerals will start its Bushveld Iron Ore project, in Limpopo, on an initial low capital expenditure (capex) basis, which can be implemented and put into production quickly using existing...
By: Leandi Kolver
17th May 2013
Chrome
Lanxess granted new-order mining rights for Rustenburg chrome mine
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German specialty chemicals group Lanxess was granted new order mining rights by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) in April, resulting in organisational changes within the company’s mining operations, including changes to the ownership...
By: Leandi Kolver
17th May 2013
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Mining industry set to benefit from Foundational Learning Competence programme
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Adult basic education and training (Abet) specialist Media Works has launched its Foundational Learning Competence (FLC) programme that will benefit the country’s dominant mining industry and its workforce, says Media Works CEO and founder...
By: Samantha Moolman
17th May 2013
COAL
Mozambique unit of India's JSPL dispatches first coal shipment
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The first shipment of coal mined by JSPL Mozambique Minerals at its Chirodze operation in the Tete province of the African country has been exported to India from the port of Beira. The shipment amounted to 36 600 t and was loaded on to the...
By: Keith Campbell
17th May 2013
GOLD – 2
No more than 500 jobs to be lost in Harmony’s cost-, capex-cutting push
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While South African gold producer Harmony Gold plans to cut its service and corporate costs in South Africa by R400-million and its overall capital expenditure (capex) in South Africa and Papua New Guinea by R1.4-billion in the 2014 financial...
By: Leandi Kolver
17th May 2013
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