Transnet moves on plan to build heavy-haul manganese corridor to Coega

A R2.3-billion project to upgrade the railways network from the manganese-rich Northern Cape province to the Port of Ngqura, in the Eastern Cape, has been approved, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) CEO Siyabonga Gama revealed on Tuesday. Speaking at a...

Mining industry set to benefit from Foundational Learning Competence programme

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...

Long-delayed peaker projects to reach financial close ‘next week’

A high-level Department of Energy (DoE) official has reported that the long-delayed open-cycle gas turbine (OCGT), or peaker plants, will reach financial closure during May. Speaking on the sidelines of a function hosted to facilitate the...

London hearing on AASA silicosis claims to start Wed

On Wednesday, a two-day hearing would start in London’s High Court to decide whether 2 500 gold miners who worked at Anglo American South Africa’s (AASA’s) gold mines can pursue their silicosis compensation claims in England. The claimants,...

Construction imminent at Tormin mineral sands mine

Construction at Australia-based mineral sands company Mineral Commodities Limited’s (MRC’s) new Tormin mineral sands mine will start in April, with first production expected within eight months, towards the beginning of the fourth quarter,...

Company Announcement: Afrox Welding Specialist Named "Young Welder of the Year"

One of Afrox’s top performing welding specialists, Houston Isaacs, has won the South African Institute of Welding’s (SAIW) Young Welder of the Year competition, qualifying him to represent South Africa in Liepzig, Germany, at the WorldSkills...

Company Announcement: Basil Read Matomo Opens Offices in Cape Town

Basil Read Matomo, subsidiary of Basil Read, the JSE-listed construction, mining, development and engineering group, today announced the opening of a new office in Cape Town

SNR initiates operational review of Elitheni mine

Aim-listed Strategic Natural Resources (SNR) on Monday reported that key delivery targets had been missed at the Eastern Cape-based coal mine of its 74%-owned subsidiary Elitheni Coal. This resulted in a failure to meet planned coal shipments to...

SNR appoints new CEO as Elitheni reaches production

Aim-listed Strategic Natural Resources (SNR) CEO and board member David Nel would step down to focus exclusively on managing the operations at the company’s 74%-owned subsidiary Elitheni Coal’s newly opened mine, in the Eastern Cape, the...

Gold major expands housing options, improves living conditions

Gold-mining major AngloGold Ashanti is progressing well in line with South Africa’s Mining Charter’s targets to improve the standards of housing and living conditions for mineworkers, says sustainability VP Malebogo Marimo. As stipulated by...

Building of new mineral sands mine to start April

The building of the Tormin mineral sands mine on South Africa’s West Coast is due to commence in April, the Australian Stock Exchange- (ASX-) listed Mineral Commodities Limited (MCL) says. MCL has also renewed its prospecting rights at the...

Elitheni coal-washing plant achieves planned throughput rates

Aim-listed Strategic Natural Resources on Monday said the washing plant at its Elitheni coal mine, in the Eastern Cape, was achieving its originally intended throughput rates, following various modifications during January. The coal-washing plant,...