With the official signing of a collaboration agreement, the CSIR and Cermalab today formalised the work they are doing together at southern Africa’s only unbiased high-temperature materials laboratory.
At this laboratory refractories and ceramics can be tested and characterised to international standards. The CSIR and Cermalab each ran independent laboratories of this nature for many years [...]

Frost & Sullivan metals & mining analyst Wonder Nyanjowa shares his thoughts on the results out of Xstrata. Developments at Xstrata will be closely watched as the company is attempting what is fast becoming a hostile takeover or merger between itself and Anglo American:
Read the analyst comments below:
In its results announcement this morning, Xstrata reiterated [...]

Gold mines are stepping up innovative training techniques – using a world-first touchscreen training method developed in South Africa – to boost productivity and ensure greater returns on training.
So far the technique which is also used in the cleaning, petrochemical, health and retail industries has seen training budgets slashed by at least half. Mines using [...]

With just over one month to go before the coveted 2009 Royal Bafokeng Excellence Awards, committee members are busy with the final stages of organizing this much anticipated event on the calendar of the Royal Bafokeng nation.

Scheduled to take place in the heart of the Royal Bafokeng nation, Phokeng, on Saturday 15th August 2009, [...]

Local market intelligence firm Frost & Sullivan does not believe that the merger between Anglo American PLC and Xstrata will go ahead.
“Without delving much into the synergies that are likely to be realised from the complimentary businesses, such as coal and iron ore, my feeling is that it looks very unlikely that this proposed merger [...]

Afrox is consulting with several key players in the South African aluminium industry with a view to introducing an innovative new optimised oxyfuel melting process developed by its German parent company, The Linde Group, which delivers process improvements leading to significant cost savings.
Following its introduction in Europe in 2005, the new proprietary ‘low-temperature oxyfuel burner [...]

African Eagle Resources plc has signed a Letter of Intent for an option and joint venture with SAFINA a.s. of the Czech Republic and its subsidiary Tanzania Precious Metals Refinery Limited (TPMRL), over the Ngasamo licence, adjacent to the Dutwa nickel laterite project in Tanzania.
Under the agreement, African Eagle can earn an interest of up to [...]

The recent announcement by ArcelorMittal of its intention to increase the price of tinplate by approximately 70% from April 2009 will pose a severe threat to the future of the South African canning industry.

ArcelorMittal also makes reference to the fact that this increase is based on a formula comprised of a basket of prices from [...]

Diversified resources group Exxaro Resources Limited (Exxaro) today held a Safety Summit convened by chief executive officer Sipho Nkosi and involving its stakeholders to examine and prioritise safety improvement interventions and management systems to position the group to improve its safety performance.
“The summit sets a new momentum for safety initiatives within the group, with action [...]

TORONTO, March 3, 2009 – Vale Inco Limited today announced a further restructuring of its global operations in response to ongoing challenges in the world nickel market.
The restructuring will see the elimination of approximately 900 full-time positions in the nickel business distributed across the Company’s operations worldwide. The workforce reductions focused in large part on [...]