July 24, 2011 DBCM faces workers’ strike over wage disputes Members of South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) employed by De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) began striking on Friday evening after wage talks between the two parties failed earlier…
July 24, 2011 Sea Diamonds Keep Hytec Busy HYTEC Cape Town has recently been awarded a large contract by De Beers Marine Namibia for the refurbishment of the mining system hydraulics on one of the mining giant’s offshore…
July 24, 2011 SA braces for massive coal strike About 150 000 South African coal workers seeking 14% wage increases plan to walk off the job from Sunday in a strike that could dent exports and hurt power supplies…
July 24, 2011 Synalloy Corp announces Q2 2011 results Synalloy Corporation, a producer of stainless steel pipe, fabricator of stainless and carbon steel piping systems, and producer of specialty chemicals, announces that the second quarter of 2011 produced 59%…
July 24, 2011 Chinese manganese metal spreads over specified markets in Europe and Asia TEX reported that while the central government of China already decided to impose 20% of duty on export of electrolytic manganese metal from China and has been enforcing this imposition…
July 24, 2011 Qiao Xing Universal files Annual Report on Form 20-F for FY 10 Qiao Xing Universal Resources Inc, a leading company in the molybdenum mining business as well as a company with substantial assets in the resources industry, announced that the company has…
July 24, 2011 AusNiCo intersects nickel from drilling at Pembroke prospect AusNiCo has intersected 181 meters at 0.25% nickel from drilling at the Pembroke prospect, supporting extensions to its large low grade nickel sulphide mineralized system.
July 24, 2011 Xstrata buys cattle farm for coal mine A large Queensland pastoral farm used for wagyu cattle breeding is set to become a coal mine after Australian Agricultural Company (AAC) agreed to sell a property to mining company…
July 24, 2011 BHP losing $28m a day in strike The largest union at Chile's Escondida copper mine has voted to "indefinitely" extend a strike at the mine, which is controlled by BHP Billiton. Members of the 2350-strong Escondida Mine…
July 24, 2011 External recruiters in BHP plans despite email scam BHP Billiton will continue to source workers through external agencies despite a recent legal stoush over a rogue employment scam. The mining giant was forced to take legal action through…
CopperTech deploys space technology to ramp up exploration at Konkola Mines Konkola Copper Mines in Zambia is one of the highest-grade copper-producing assets in the world with proven cobalt reserves. February 11, 2026 | 12:54 pm
