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Maptek honours mining education pioneer with university endowment
Maptek and the SDSM&T have created the Ziggy Hladysz Maptek Endowment in honour of the recently retired Dr Zbigniew (Ziggy) Hladysz, long-time professor and mentor to mining and engineering students.
The ‘now or never moment’ for private equity in mining
"Interest from private equity in sector is the highest I have ever seen"
South Africa’s largest mining union to pursue double-digit pay increase
Labour tensions rising ahead of mining sector wage negotiations.
Vale reaches deal with Argentine authorities, quits $6 billion potash project
It will pay two and a half months salary to about 4,000 workers.
Miners in the dark on Zimbabwe’s plans to seize foreign stakes
A draft bill leaked to the media last week shows the government is planning to amend the current law to avoid paying compensation to foreign miners.
Zambia corners mining companies to stop tax evasion
New rules likely to come into force by mid-May.
Sale of Pinto Valley brings BHP’s offloads to $5bn
BHP sells the Pinto Valley copper mine and the associated San Manuel Arizona Railroad Company to Capstone Mining for $650m.
BHP Billiton sells Pinto Valley mining operation for US$650 million
BHP Billiton employees working at Pinto Valley and SMARRCO will become employees of Capstone as part of the transaction.
