Posts Tagged ‘africa’

A strike has begun at the South African mine which produces most of the country’s platinum. Full story

Related Stories JOHANNESBURG (Commodity Online): South African gold miners produced 2% less gold in the second quarter of this year than they had in the second quarter of 2009.Total gold production in the quarter ended June 30, 2010, amounted Full story

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX- and TSX-listed (MDL) would complete the expansion of its Sabodala gold project, in Senegal, within the next year, the company’s chairperson said on Friday. Speaking at the last day of the Africa Downunder conference in Full story

Gold ‒ production up in SA Johannesburg, South Africa --- MININGREVIEW.COM --- 03 September 2010 - South African gold production increased by 12.6% in the second quarter of 2010 to 49 444.5 kg, compared to the 43 927.8 kilograms produced in the first Full story

At the current rate of production, South African gold output will slip below 200 tonnes this year dropping it to fourth place among producing nations Full story

Papillon Resources (ASX: PIR) has reported the third tranche of drill results from its maiden drilling campaign at its flagship Medinandi Project in Mali, West Africa, with new wide, shallow, high grade gold mineralisation discovered. Full story

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed platinum developer Nkwe Platinum, which plans to also list on the JSE, expects diversified miner Xstrata to make an investment decision on the Garatau project, in South Africa, by the fourth quarter of this Full story

Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Registration number: 1950/038232/06 Share code: HAR ISIN: ZAE000015228 ("Harmony") REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT Johannesburg, 2 September 2010. In accordance with the Financial Full story

Increasingly aggressive stances by unions are creating havoc in South Africa. At Northam Platinum, the union's "demand" of 15%, is in reality a ferocious 27%. Full story

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South African gold miners produced 2% less gold in the second quarter of this year than they had in the second quarter of 2009, the Chamber of Mines (CoM) reported on Thursday.Total gold production in the quarter ended Full story