Mining & Metals Archives - News@Media https://news.media.co.za/tag/mining-metals/ Latest News & Press Releases Mon, 11 Aug 2014 06:26:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://news.media.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cropped-SA-shines-as-a-prime-conference-destination-32x32.png Mining & Metals Archives - News@Media https://news.media.co.za/tag/mining-metals/ 32 32 AngloGold Output up 17%, Costs Improve on Record Safety Result https://news.media.co.za/anglogold-output-17-costs-improve-record-safety-result/ Mon, 11 Aug 2014 06:26:14 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=1269 AngloGold Output up 17%, Costs Improve on Record Safety Result (JOHANNESBURG) – AngloGold Ashanti reported a 17% increase in production for the second quarter compared with the same period a year earlier, as its two new mines continued to contribute lower-cost ounces, and a strong safety performance helped its South Africa operations improve their contribution. […]

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]]> AngloGold Ashanti Restarts Operations Following Earthquake https://news.media.co.za/anglogold-ashanti-restarts-operations-following-earthquake/ Mon, 11 Aug 2014 06:21:24 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=1267 (JOHANNESBURG) – AngloGold Ashanti is in the process of safely restarting its Great Noligwa and Moab Khotsong mines which were halted following a 5.3 magnitude earthquake that originated in the vicinity of the town of Stilfontein, on August 5. The mines are being restarted in a phased fashion, following evaluation of seismic activity in the […]

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]]> Update on South Africa Earthquake https://news.media.co.za/update-south-africa-earthquake/ Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:08:47 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=1249 Further Update on South Africa Earthquake (JOHANNESBURG) – AngloGold Ashanti confirms that each one of the 3,300 people working underground at its Great Noligwa and Moab Khotsong mines early yesterday afternoon, when a 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck South Africa’s North West province, were safely hoisted to surface by 7:30pm yesterday. Twenty-eight employees who sustained minor […]

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]]> Metal workers down tools https://news.media.co.za/metal-workers-tools/ Tue, 01 Jul 2014 06:56:30 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=387 About 220 000 National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) workers in the steel and metal sector are downing tools in a nationwide strike that starts today. The workers are expected to march in Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth, George, Cape Town and East London, according to Numsa. The employers have tabled a three-year wage […]

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