January 10, 2011

Northam halts Zondereinde ops after accident

The Platinum mine says it has suspended operations at the mine after a worker was killed in an accident. South African mining company Northam Platinum (NHMJ.J: Quote) suspended operations at…

December 9, 2010

Metals Market Mania

by Drew Shaw Metals prices have been soaring, and gained steam after the U.S. government approved a two-year extension of Bush-era tax […]

December 6, 2010

Rolling In Dough

Earlier in the week I put out an educational piece showing some historical, as well as current cup and handle formations.  These […]

November 15, 2010

Dual-purpose conveyor has high safety, control standards

A conveyor belt designed
 to carry 2,000 to 3,000 
 people a day and 480 t/h of rock at major platinum-mining company Anglo […]

November 15, 2010

Do you put your trust in politicians, central banks, with their faltering fiat currencies or do you trust gold as the ultimate store of value?

After making recent record gains, the price of gold tumbled by around $40 an ounce on Friday. Most markets reacted to rumours […]

October 25, 2010

Correcting

The G20 meetings this weekend seem to have ended as they began.  The two heavyweights are China and the US.  The US […]

October 7, 2010

Will South Africa nationalize its gold and platinum mines?

The possibility of possible nationalization of South Africa’s key mining sector rumbles on. Is this likely to happen? Julian Phillips looks at […]

August 30, 2010

M4 Isa Mill Commissioning

An M4 Isa MillTM has been successfully commissioned at iThemba LABS by a team from the University of Cape Town, Xstrata Technology […]

August 16, 2010

Drill rig simulator bought for Northam Platinum’s Booysendal project

A new simulator for training on Sandvik’s DD220 drill rig has been sold by South African sim manufacturer Thoroughtec for training for […]

July 19, 2010

Increasing prices, demand lead to increase in mining projects

The increase in the gold price, the stability of the platinum price and increasing demand for copper, iron-ore and coal from China […]