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HEALTH & SAFETY

Probes into several recent mineworker deaths advancing

Gold producer DRDGold would make representations to the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) this Thursday, following a fatal accident at its East Rand Proprietary Mine, on Friday September 19, in which two workers died. The bodies of the dead...
By: Creamer Media Reporter
22 Sep 08
 
 
HEALTH & SAFETY

SA mine death toll rises as two separate accidents claim more lives

A number of mineworkers from three different mining operations had died during the past two days, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) spokesperson Lesiba Seshoka confirmed on Friday. Seshoka said during a telephonic interview that three...
By: Chanel de Bruyn
19 Sep 08
 
 
MINE FATALITY

Worker dies at Implats’ Rustenburg mine

Impala Platinum (Implats) confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that a mineworker had died at its Rustenburg mine, as a result of an accident involving one of the battery operated locomotives in an underground development area of the mine. The...
By: Christy van der Merwe
17 Sep 08
 
 
MINE SAFETY

Angloplat’s Amandelbult remains closed after accident

Anglo Platinum’s (Angloplat’s) Amandelbult mine, near Rustenburg, remained shut on Tuesday, following a transport derailment fatality on Monday in which one worker died. Spokesperson Simon Tebele said that a full investigation was under way,...
By: Christy van der Merwe
16 Sep 08
 
 
Video of the Week

Daily podcast – September 16, 2008 Audio Available

Simon Tebele In today's podcast: Airbus expects South Africa's air traffic to increase by 7%, PPC has released the final 1 200-page environmental-impact report for its planned R4-billion expansion and upgrade of Riebeeck cement factory and, a mineworker has...
By: Shannon de Ryhove
16 Sep 08
 
 
PLATINUM

Angloplat's Amandelbult resumes blasting

World number-one platinum-miner Anglo Platinum said on Wednesday that government had lifted its nearly ten-day suspension of drilling and blasting at the Amandelbult mine, northwest of Johannesburg. "The suspension has been lifted, and drilling...
By: Matthew Hill
27 Aug 08
 
 
PLATINUM

Blasting at Angloplat’s Amandelbult expected to resume late on Friday

Anglo Platinum (Angloplat), majority owned by Anglo American, was hoping to resume blasting at its Amandelbult mine on Friday, after these activities were halted on Monday when a worker died. Spokesperson Simon Tebele said that the company would...
By: Matthew Hill
22 Aug 08
 
 
FATALATIES

Two workers killed at Angloplat mines – union

Two workers died at Anglo Platinum’s (Angloplat’s) mines at the weekend, the National Union of Mineworkers said on Tuesday. South Africa’s biggest union said that one worker died at the world’s biggest platinum producer’s Mogalakwena...
By: Matthew Hill
19 Aug 08
 
 
PLATINUM

Angloplat targets volume growth to improve H2 revenues

Anglo Platinum, the world’s biggest producer of the precious metal, would be able to achieve second-half revenues similar to that of the first half, if the platinum price were to average at $1 500/oz, CFO Norman Mbazima said on Monday. This was...
By: Matthew Hill
28 Jul 08
 
 
PLATINUM

Angloplat headline earnings surge to record R8,4bn, output tumbles

Despite Anglo Platinum’s (Angloplat’s) period-on-period production tumbling by nearly one-fifth for the six months ended June 30, the world’s biggest miner of the white metal said on Monday that headline earnings had risen 22% to a record...
By: Matthew Hill
28 Jul 08
 
 
PLATINUM

Platinum market expected to be in ‘substantial’ deficit in ‘08

The platinum market was expected to remain in a deficit in 2008, after it swung into a deficit of 480 000 oz in 2007, precious metals consultancy firm Johnson Matthey said on Monday. In its latest report, the company said that sustained...
By: Chanel de Bruyn
19 May 08
 
 
Video of the Week

Daily podcast - April 29, 2008 Audio Available

Nersa In today's podcast: Nersa grants Nedlac and Busa submission extensions to Eskom's 60% tariff increase, Anglo American Q1 output is curbed, and uranium production at AngloGold Ashanti expected to surge 60% by 2012 from 2007.
By: Shannon de Ryhove
29 Apr 08
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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