Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reports that mining production increased by 0.3% year-on-year in August, with the largest positive contributors having been manganese, platinum group metals ...
The TauTona gold mine in South Africa was extended to a depth of 3.9km in 2008, making it the world's deepest mine at that time. The name TauTona means 'great lion' in Setswana. ... Mining Technology In Brief ... Mining news and in-depth feature articles on the latest mining company deals and projects covering trends in mineral ...
South African gold miner AngloGold Ashanti has restarted some of its operations in the country, with nearly 8% of its total workforce back at work.. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced several mining companies to …
Over the five years to 2021, production from South Africa decreased by a CAGR of 5.66% and is expected to rise by a CAGR of 4% between 2022 and 2026. In 2022, an estimated 110 metric tons of gold …
Top Ten Worlds Deepest Mines in South Africa Mponeng Gold Mine. AngloGold Ashanti's Mponeng gold mine, located south-west of Johannesburg in South Africa, is currently the deepest mine in the world.The operating depth at Mponeng mine ranged from between 3.16km to 3.84km below the surface by the end of 2018.
ECONOMIC EVENTS. Statistics South Africa to release August mining production data at 0930 GMT. Statistics South Africa to release August manufacturing production data at 1100 GMT
Illegal mining in South Africa is a massive industry, mostly small-scale and artisanal in nature, it employs as many as 30,000 men, women and children. ... it employs as many as 30,000 men, women and children. An estimated 10% of South Africa's gold production comes from small-scale and artisanal mining (ASM), which is explicitly …
Theta Gold Mines has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Yellow River (YRC), a Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) unit, for the construction of the first …
One company that is pushing technology into South African mining is Sibanye-Stillwater. Since its founding in 2013, Sibanye-Stillwater has grown from being a South African gold mining company to an …
There are more than 1352 gold mines in operation globally, of which 70 are in South Africa, according to GlobalData's mines and projects database. The following are the five largest gold mines by production in South Africa in 2023, according to GlobalData's mining database, which tracks more than 33,000 mines and projects from …
South Africa's pioneering efforts in mining technology have set new global standards in the industry. The country's approach to sustainable and efficient mining practices is …
Global gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti has made two of its mining hospitals available to the South African provincial governments of North West and Gauteng as the country battles the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic.. The facilities will be used for the treatment and isolation of Covid-19 patients. The first facility is a fully-equipped, 270-bed …
Goldplat has commissioned the first of the 4t elution columns acquired from DRD Gold at its South African gold recovery operation Goldplat Recovery (GPL) in Gauteng. According to the company, completion of the project serves as an important milestone in its turnaround strategy.
South African gold mining major Harmony Gold has been elevated to new heights owing to sustained operational excellence, high recovered grades and record gold prices. In the 12 months to June 30 ...
Gold and copper mining company Barrick has initiated the development of the Lumwana super pit ahead of a $2bn (C$2.71bn) … Gold Fields advances Salares Norte exploration with ExoSphere tech
Theta Gold Mines has recently released information about the change of its funding model for the South African gold project. The mining company is changing its financial strategy to sustain its operations and become profitable in the long run in the country's mining sector.
South Africa mines less than 2% of global manganese and the mineral is abundant, but processed and beneficiated manganese products are critical and in demand, especially as most of the world's ...
Harmony Gold has announced that it expects limited gold production during the 21-day lockdown in South Africa in the wake of the fast-spreading coronavirus (Covid-19) pandmeic. With the lockdown measures in place, the company expects to only produce between 650kg and 700kg of gold.
Aya Gold & Silver has signed non-binding term sheets for spinning off its Amizmiz Gold Project in Morocco and granting an option on its Tijirit Project in Mauritania to Mx2 Mining (Mx2), a newly established gold growth company focused on North Africa. The Tijirit Gold Project in Mauritania has measured and indicated mineral resources …
Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) has started commissioning of its platinum group metals (PGM) processing plant at the Crocodile River Mine (CRM) in South Africa.. The facility, which processes ROM) UG2 ore from the Zandfontein underground operations, is set to ramp up production over the next two years.
Deep in the heart of AngloGold Ashanti's South African gold mines, there are plans afoot to catapult the African nation back to the top of the global gold mining industry. Rowan Watt-Pringle spoke to Mike MacFarlane, AngloGold executive vice president for business strategy, about how raise bore drilling (RBD) and other projects …
The Johannesburg- and New York-listed DRDGOLD spotlighted its progress in large-scale mechanised on- surface gold recovery at its 13-year life-of-mine (LoM) Ergo on the East Rand and the fast ...
The Minerals Council South Africa, in collaboration with PwC and the Mandela Mining Precinct, launched its first study into 'the State of Digitalisation and 4IR in SA Mining', in …
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reinstated mining operations in the South Kivu province, with gold extraction not included in the decision, reported Reuters. Mining activities in South Kivu, predominantly carried out by artisanal miners, include the extraction of gold, tin ore cassiterite and the high-tech mineral coltan.
Sibanye impacts over 2,000 jobs in South Africa restructure. The company also plans to consolidate gold and platinum group metals (PGMs) operations into a single structure to improve operational focus.
Junior miner Theta Gold Mines has changed its strategy on the project funding structure for its South African gold project, chairperson Bill Guy said on Monday. The ASX-listed company has opted to ...
Precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater is set to restructure its gold operations in South Africa, which could put at risk more than 2,000 jobs. The move comes as the gold operations are unable to rake in profits due to …
Analysis: AngloGold sells South Africa operations to Harmony for $300m. Global gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti has sold its last remaining South African assets to Harmony Gold in a deal worth $300m. The sale marks AngloGold Ashanti's exit from South Africa and means Harmony will become the country's largest …
South Africa still boasts strong gold reserves, of 125 ... of state to attend the 2019 Mining Indaba conference in South Africa as he tries to recast the nation as a country for new mining investment, working towards a target of attracting $100bn in investment by 2024. ... Future expansions and improvement could be further …
Almost half of the 187,200 tons of gold ever mined in the history of human civilization has come from gold mines in Africa, and most of that from South Africa. In the past 130 years, South Africa's gold industry has weathered wars, prolonged and violent strikes, tragic accidents, resource nationalism (including super-taxes), commodity cycles …
Taking place at the Expo Centre in Nasrec, Johannesburg, from 2-6 September, this year's Electra Mining Africa was the biggest show in its history with 950 exhibitors occupying over 40,000m² of ...
According to GlobalData, South Africa is the world's eleventh-largest producer of gold in 2023, with output up by 12% on 2022. Over the five years to 2022, production from South Africa decreased by a CAGR of 6.66% and is expected to rise by a CAGR of 3% between 2023 and 2027.
Neo Energy Metals, through its South African subsidiary Neo Uranium Resources Beisa Mine (NURB), has entered a binding deal to acquire a interest in the Beisa North and Beisa South uranium and gold projects.
In April last year, Newcrest Mining and Harmony Gold signed a framework memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Papua New Guinea to advance the development of the Wafi-Golpu copper …
The Johannesburg- and New York-listed DRDGOLD spotlighted its progress in large-scale mechanised on-surface gold recovery at its 13-year life-of-mine (LoM) Ergo on the East Rand and the fast ...
