Posts Tagged ‘south’

A new mechanical bucket to be released in February 2012 by Keech Australia has been put to trial in the Newcrest Cadia East gold mine in Orange, New South Wales, following a 12-month development phase. Full story

Two South African gold mines have reported fatalities at their mines on the same day. Full story

First Uranium (TSE:FIU) said it plans to lay off up to 1,850 employees at its Ezulwini Mine in South Africa. First Uranium said action was necessary in order to stem ongoing operating losses. “The extremely unfortunate fatal accidents in the latter half of the calendar year have had a significant impact on employee morale and productivity, and as such the expected improvement in production ... Full story

Mongezi Mponco left his village of grassland hills as one of hundreds of thousands of healthy young black men who poured into the deep underground of South Africa's gold mines. The 54-year-old continued working when diagnosed with early incurable lung... Full story

Gold Fields Ltd., one of the world’s top gold producers, is exploring the possibility of acquiring the Mankayan copper-gold project in Benguet for $70 million. This would expand the South African mining giant’s investment in the province’s... Full story

The Mine Waste Solutions processing plant designed and built Johannesburg, South Africa --- MININGREVIEW.COM --- 09 December 2011 - AIM-listed MDM Engineering ‒ a company which undertakes mineral resources projects concentrating on the gold, base metals,... Full story

IB Times reports South Africa’s biggest mine union said on Friday it had sealed a 2-year wage deal with Lonmin, averting a possible strike against the world’s third largest platinum producer. World number one and two Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum clinched similar deals earlier this year, significantly removing threats of labour unrest to 75% of the global production. The price of platinum ... Full story

- JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA-- - AngloGold Ashanti --Record quarterly adjusted headline earnings* of $457m, 118 US cents ashareRecord quarterly operating cash flow of $863m Net Debt 28% lower at $620mChange ... Full story

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0.87% U3O8 and 270 g/t Silver over 2.80 metres and 0.70% U3O8 and 1,115 g/t Silver over 0.97 metres VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 1, 2011) -  Rockgate Capital Corp Full story