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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.

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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.

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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.

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Green Solutions

Kal Tire drives sustainability.

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Global Upswing Bodes Well For The Truck Industry

UD Trucks looks to increase market share in truck market.

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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.

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Aiming For Excellence

WorleyParsons RSA has been involved in some of the biggest mining projects in Southern Africa.

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In The Sweet Spot

Accelerated lithium demand on the cards? 

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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.

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Power Play

Tharisa seeks new opportunities in new geographies.

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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?”

Power Play

Masama in production by the end of 2018.

Driving Demand For Gold

World Gold Council unlocks barriers to purchase.

Air Liquide

The world’s largest oxygen production unit has been launched.

Anglo American Platinum Drives Water Initiative In Mapela

Globally diversified mining company, Anglo American Platinum, recently collaborated with the Mapela Task Team in support of water provision to the community of the Greater Mapela Region.

Tin Talk

Projected deficit from 2018.

Stakeholders Collaborate On A New Mining Charter

The Chamber of Mines has commended Minister of Mineral Resources, Gwede Mantashe, on the robust Mining Charter discussions that transpired with key industry stakeholders, over the past weekend.

Magnum Mining’s Trial Mining Programme Underway In SA

ASX-listed, Magnum Mining, has commenced a key trial mining and processing programme at its 74%-owned Gravelotte Emerald Project, located in Limpopo province.