Afrox receives R70m order for safety product

Gases and welding products manufacturer Afrox Self-Rescue Division has secured an order to deliver 26 500 units of AfroxPac 35i self-contained self-rescuers and accessories in a deal valued at R70-million, which will be supplied over the next five...

North West near-mine communities not benefiting fully from mineral wealth – NGO

Through its study Policy Gap 6, corporate performance-monitoring organisation the Bench Marks Foundation has found that communities of the Bojanala district in the North West are still not benefiting from the mining operations, despite...

Aquarius, Amplats to resume operations, Lonmin reaffirms offer

Platinum miner Aquarius resumed mining operations at its Kroondal mine, near Rustenburg, on Monday morning, while Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) said it would resume operations on Tuesday. Both companies suspended operations last week after...

Sylvania says EIA study continues at Everest North

ASX- and Aim-listed Sylvania Platinum on Friday said that it remained optimistic about the extraction of relatively inexpensive Upper Group 2 ore from Aquarius Platinum’s Everest North deposit. Aquarius placed its Everest mine, in Mpumalanga,...

Aquarius Platinum shifts to owner operator at Kroondal

ASX-, Aim- and JSE-listed Aquarius Platinum has taken the decision to convert from contract mining to an owner-operator model at its only remaining operational mine in South Africa in a bid to lower costs. In a statement on Wednesday, the...

To whose mining tune will ANC policy conference dance?

The ultimate outcome of South African mining industry policy could be decided next week when the National Policy Conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) takes place from June 26 to 29. On the eve of the conference, Mineral...

To whose mining tune will ANC policy conference dance?

The ultimate outcome of South African mining industry policy could be decided next week when the National Policy Conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) takes place from June 26 to 29.

Aquarius says Mimosa unaffected by Zim banking restrictions

LSE-, ASX- and JSE-listed Aquarius Platinum said its Mimosa mine has not been affected by the recent directive from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe regarding the suspension of banking services for certain mining companies. The company, which owns...

Aquarius posts interim loss, production down

ASX-, LSE- and JSE-listed Aquarius Platinum on Thursday posted a loss of $113-million, or 24.31 c a share, for the first half of its 2012 financial year. Aquarius CEO Stuart Murray attributed the negative result for the six months to December 31...

Mimosa mine, Zimbabwe

An underground mine, situated in Zimbabwe.

Mimosa operation maintains steady-state production

Production at the Mimosa platinum mine, in Zimbabwe, remained flat and maintained a 100 000 oz/y out of platinum in concentrate , reports platinum miner Impala Platinum (Implats) in its quarterly report for July 1 to September 30, 2011.

Low platinum price scaring miners towards survival mode

The lower platinum price is scaring platinum-mining companies into self-preservation mode. Liberum Capital analyst Dominic O’Kane says in a note that the platinum-mining sector has become the first mining sector to fall below the marginal cost...