MPs frustrated as Aurora, liquidators don't turn up

MPs and officials from the Departments of Labour and Mineral Resources expressed frustration after Aurora Empowerment Systems and their provisional liquidators failed to turn up in Parliament today to detail what is being done to assist employees of Orkney and Grootvlei gold mines, which are in liquidation. 31 May 2012 12:01

Weak mining is bad news for our economy

For the first time in about a century, the contribution of mining to gross domestic product (GDP) is below 5 percent, Mike Schussler, the chief economist at Economists.co.za, tells Independent Online. He adds that in 1960, mining made up nearly 23.6 percent of value added by industry and about 21 percent of GDP. 31 May 2012 10:55

"Good progress" in Miranda's shift to coal exploration, mining

South African-based mineral exploration investment and holding company Miranda Mineral Holdings Limited released its results for the six months ending 29 February 2012. In a statement published on MineWeb, the company noted "good progress" in formulating and implementing a shareholder-mandated strategy to move the company into the junior coal exploration and mining sector. 30 May 2012 14:08

Top stakeholders plan new vision for SA mining industry

According to MineWeb, top mining stakeholders, including mining companies, trade unions and government will attend a Mining Lekgotla (meeting) aimed to form consensus on a way forward for the country's key mining-industry. 30 May 2012 13:54

Emigration causes decline in mining skills

The amount of work being undertaken by the contract mining and outsourcing industry is increasing but, at the same time, the skilled labour shortage remains a major challenge, says mining contractor Redpath Mining technical services and marketing GM Dirk Strachan. This is so because experts are still leaving South Africa for political and safety reasons, Mining Weekly reports. 25 May 2012 13:24

R2bn fluorspar miner, beneficiator startup is JSE-bound

Mining Weekly reports that SepFluor - fluorspar explorer turned miner and fluoro-chemicals producer - will be taking its R2.1-billion start-up to market in the first quarter of 2013. SepFluor, the latest entrant into the fluorspar mining and beneficiation industry, recently presented to the media its fluorspar-rich mine site, situated 80 km north of Pretoria, in proximity to the well-established Vergenoeg fluorspar operation. 24 May 2012 17:13

Sasol's new life-saving technology caught US legislators' eye

New people-to-vehicle proximity detection technology is preventing injuries in Sasol Mining's coal production areas by stopping shuttle cars in their tracks if they are moving too close to personnel in underground mines, Sasol Mining GM engineering Gary Leibbrandt tells Mining Weekly Online. 23 May 2012 13:32