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AngloGold Ashanti Receives Obuasi Environmental Permits
Gold miner AngloGold Ashanti has received environmental permits for the Obuasi Gold Mine from Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency which the company says, is another important milestone paving the way for the redevelopment of the large, high-grade ore body.
Funding Fiasco: Junior Miners In A Jam
Junior miners struggle to access funding for project development.
CMA Clears Proposed Lonmin Transaction
Precious metals producers, Sibanye-Stillwater and Lonmin, have received clearance of the proposed unconditional acquisition, announced by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
Minerals Council Challenges Aspects Of DMR’s 2018 Mining Charter
“Minerals Council only supports a 30% black ownership target on new mining rights, with shares allocated for communities, organised labour and black entrepreneurs,” the council said in a statement.
A Sector In Crisis?
PGMs in an autocatalytic conundrum.
Renewables On The Rise
Africa’s energy agenda in the spotlight.
Tin Talk
Projected deficit from 2018.
De Beers To Retail Lab-Grown Diamonds
Diamond producer, De Beers Group will launch Lightbox Jewelry, a new laboratory-grown diamond jewellery company, in September.
AngloGold Ashanti To Shed 2 000 More Employees
Gold producer AngloGold Ashanti has begun a consultation process with employees that contemplate some 2 000 roles across the company’s South African business, which currently employs roughly 8 200 people.
Food For Thought
Kropz eyes Ghana in phosphate expansion drive.
Minerals Council Re-Elects Current Office Bearers
The Minerals Council South Africa (formerly known as the Chamber of Mines) recently re-elected its current bearers to serve for the 2018/19 term of office.
Green Solutions
Kal Tire drives sustainability.
Global Upswing Bodes Well For The Truck Industry
UD Trucks looks to increase market share in truck market.
Feasibility For Vedanta’s Gamsberg Project Underway
Vedanta Zinc International (VZI), a subsidiary of AIM-listed Vedanta Resources, recently started a feasibility study into the development and construction of a Zinc Smelter-Refinery Complex at its Gamsberg project at Black Mountain Mining, Northern Cape.
Aiming For Excellence
WorleyParsons RSA has been involved in some of the biggest mining projects in Southern Africa.
In The Sweet Spot
Accelerated lithium demand on the cards?
Exxaro Inks Second Agreement With RAL
Black-empowered coal and heavy mineral company, Exxaro Resources, and Roads Agency Limpopo (RAL) have recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for the upgrade of the D2001 road in Lephalale, Limpopo Province.
Power Play
Tharisa seeks new opportunities in new geographies.
Driving Change
CoM promotes confidence in the mining sector.
Are We Shaft-Sinkers Or Shaft-Fillers?
Since Einstein’s time scientists have told us that nothing can go faster than the speed of light. But they go mum when one asks: “But, can the converse be true?”
