Construction proceeding apace at Trevali’s Peruvian Santander project

The construction and initial commissioning of TSX-listed Trevali Mining’s Santander zinc/lead/silver mine, in west-central Peru, was proceeding apace after the delays encountered in April. Vancouver-based Trevali during April said critical...

Gordhan warns of unrest cross-roads

South Africa is at a cross-roads over renewed labour unrest in the mining sector, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan warned on Tuesday. Introducing debate on his budget vote in the National Assembly, Gordhan said something needed to be done or the...

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...

SA may overtake Australia as India’s second-largest coal supplier

India’s rankings of its most preferred source of coal imports were expected to change dramatically this year, with South Africa poised to emerge as the second-largest supplier, officials in the world's largest coal miner, State-controlled Coal...

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....

Waterberg ordered to issue supplementary bidder’s statement in Firestone takeover

The Australian Takeovers Panel has declared the Waterberg Coal Company’s statements in relation to its hostile takeover offer for Firestone Energy as being deficient and ordered the company to dispatch a supplementary bidder’s statement. This...

Zimbabwe mining chamber criticises minerals proposals

Zimbabwe's mining chamber said tighter proposed State control over the sale of minerals would hit Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum Holdings, slow down foreign investment and stunt growth in the industry. Zimbabwe's Mines Ministry in...

NUM seeks up to 60% wage hike from SA gold producers

South Africa’s Chamber of Mines (CoM) on Monday confirmed the reciept of proposals by the the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) regarding the revision of wages and conditions of employment of gold mining companies represented by the Chamber....

South African mines cannot afford pay rises - Impala

South Africa's mining industry can ill afford to offer wage rises during talks that are about to start with a new and unpredictable union, so it may well face fresh strikes, Impala Platinum said on Friday. South African mining companies are due...

ZYL shifts focus to mineable assets as it plots future

South Africa-focused coal explorer and developer ZYL said on Monday it would would launch a review of all its assets as it moved to progress to a company with operational mines. Non-executive chairperson Yuzheng Xie told shareholders on Monday...

Creamer Media publishes Automotive 2013: A review of South Africa's automotive sector research report

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,...

AMCU threatens to bring South Africa to 'standstill'

The leader of South Africa's biggest platinum mining union on Friday threatened to bring Africa's top economy "to a standstill" and demanded a meeting with President Jacob Zuma, ramping up the rhetoric in an 18-month labour crisis. The rand, which...