Ivanplats significantly adds to African projects’ resources

Africa-focused project developer Ivanplats on Wednesday said it had significantly increased the resources at two of its largest African projects and added that it was moving to finalise its mining-right application at the South African Platreef...

22/02/2013 (On-The-Air)

South Africa needs to keep on encouraging large companies like De Beers, which is prepared to invest R20-billion in the country during trying times; The African Union’s ambitious $360-billion cross-border infrastructure plan is lacking project...

YES SIR, YES SIR, THREE BAGS FULL SIR

Ivanhoe chairperson Robert Friedland, above, is prepared to fulfil every aspiration of the South African government as he goes about applying for a mining licence to build a brand new long-life, low-cost mechanised platinum mine in Limpopo, which...

08/02/2013 (On-The-Air)

A Canadian company plans to build a new long-life low-cost platinum mine in Limpopo, where platinum products will be manufactured onsite, workers will receive high pay, the new State mining company will be asked to participate and black...

Ivanplats to mine platinum, manufacture in Bushveld

Beneficiation would be the key driver of Ivanplats' proposed new platinum mine in South Africa where platinum-product manufacturing would take place together with mining, Ivanhoe chairperson Robert Friedland said on Wednesday. Ivanplats, which...

Africa mining industry could benefit from encouraging local junior exploration industry

Africa-focused business development and marketing company MineAfrica president Bruce Shapiro says there are various challenges facing the African mining industry that could be overcome by supporting the junior exploration industry to drive growth...

Ivanplats expands South African project

Africa-focused project developer Ivanplats on Wednesday said three step-out drill holes at the Platreef project, on the northern limb of South Africa’s Bushveld Igneous Complex, have confirmed a significant expansion of its Flatreef...

Read about Ivanplats' IPO and Canada dropping its opposition to listing asbestos as hazardous in the Canadian Mining Roundup

This month’s roundup includes details of consulting engineering firm Golder & Associates’ contract to conduct an environmental- and social-impact assessment for Quebec heavy rare-earth elements project developer Matamec Explorations’ Kipawa...

26/10/2012 (On-The-Air)

Every Friday morning, SAfm’s AMLive’s radio anchor Xolani Gwala speaks to Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly.  Reported here is this Friday’s At the Coalface transcript: Gwala: As state electricity...

Ivanplats closes C$300m IPO, shares listed on TSX

Africa-focused Ivanplats on Tuesday successfully closed its C$300-million initial public offering (IPO) and the company’s shares started trading on the TSX main board. Ivanplats, which has projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and...

Ivanplats files final prospectus for IPO

Ivanplats executive chairperson Robert Friedland and president and CEO Lars-Eric Johansson announced late on Tuesday Ivanplats had filed a final prospectus in Canada for its initial public offering (IPO) of Class A common shares to raise about...

Ivanhoe morphs into Turquoise Hill Resources

Canada-based Ivanhoe Mines on Thursday changed its name to Turquoise Hill Resources, as part of a financing deal with Rio Tinto to see the $6.2-billion Oyu Tolgoi copper/gold project in Mongolia through to the start of commercial production by...