Publication: MiningReview.com

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

South Africa keeps interest rate at 5% as rand plummets

governor Gill MarcusPretoria, South Africa --- 24 May 2013 - South Africa’s central bank has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged as the rand’s plunge adds to pressure on inflation and wage demands surge, particularly in the mining industry.The ... [Published MiningReview.com - May 24 2013]

Entities: Gill Marcus, South Africa, Mining

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Mozambique to offer new oil and gas prospecting tenders

a natural gas liqueficationfacility ‒ legislation isunder way to allow suchfacilities in MozambiqiueMaputo, Mozambique --- 23 May 2013 - The government of Mozambique is adding to the country’s geological database with a view to launching new tenders later ... [Published MiningReview.com - May 23 2013]

Entities: Mozambique, Natural Gas, Maputo, Liquefaction, Oil Discovery

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Congress of South African Trade Unions

Oliphant to meet mine unions

- South African labour minister Mildred Oliphant is to meet with two major trade union federations this weekend to discuss the union rivalry currently causing disruptions in the mining sector.She told a media conference in parliament that the Congress ... [Published MiningReview.com - May 23 2013]

Entities: Collective Bargaining, Mildred Oliphant, Association of Mineworkers, National Union of Mineworkers, Congress of South African Trade Unions

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Chamber warns of tighter control of mining Zim mines shake up

Unki platinum mine inZimbabweHarare, Zimbabwe --- 22 May 2013 - The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe says tighter proposed state control over the sale of minerals would hit Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats), slow down ... [Published MiningReview.com - May 22 2013]

Entities: Mining, Zimbabwe, Mines, Mineral, Platinum

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Agreement reached on interventions to mitigate Amplats job cuts

A tripartite agreement has been reached between Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and the relevant trade unions on measures which will cut Amplats job losses below the 6,000 proposed by the company.In a statement ... [Published MiningReview.com - May 22 2013]

Entities: Layoffs, Anglo American Platinum Ltd, Interference, Mineral Resources Ltd

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Pravin Gordhan

Compromise needed to end SA mine feud

- South African finance minister Pravin Gordhan says that mining companies, the government and the labour unions need to end disputes that are halting mine operations and have pushed the rand to a four-year low to the dollar.“This is going to require ... [Published MiningReview.com - May 22 2013]

Entities: Pravin Gordhan, Platinum, Mineral

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Vale SA

Vale’s Mozambique coal export forecast cut by 30%

- Brazilian mining giant Vale SA has cut the 2013 export target for its Mozambique coal mine by nearly a third, a company official said, after heavy weekend floods temporarily shut railway lines.Vale now sees exports at 3.4Mt, down from its previous estimate ... [Published MiningReview.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Vale SA, Coal, Mozambique, Moatize (Mozambique)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Global gold exploration drops 55%

- Slumping metals prices, and falling equity valuations, reflect serious uncertainty about the world economy, and this depressing scenario has had a knock-on effect over the minerals exploration sector.Exploration activity has been trending down since ... [Published MiningReview.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: US 1 Industries Inc, Raw Materials Group, Royal Mint

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Zimbabwe mining companies reject state control

of Mines presidentAlex MhembereHarare, Zimbabwe --- 20 May 2013 - The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe, which represents companies including platinum giant Impala Platinum Holdings Limited, has rejected a proposal for the state to control mineral production ... [Published MiningReview.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Zimbabwe, Mineral, Mines, Mining

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Randgold enters US$200 million credit facility

- West African-focused gold miner Randgold Resources Limited has entered into a US$200 million unsecured revolving credit facility with HSBC and three other banks.Revealing this in a release issued here, the company said the unsecured revolving credit ... [Published MiningReview.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Randgold Resources Ltd, Open-End Credit, Mark Bristow

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Vale restarts coal shipments from Mozambique

Vale coal operationsat Moatize in MozambiqueMaputo, Mozambique --- 17 May 213 - Brazilian multinational diversified metals and mining corporation Vale SA ‒ the world’s biggest iron-ore producer and second-largest mining company ‒ says it has recommenced ... [Published MiningReview.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Vale SA, Mozambique, Moatize (Mozambique), Coal

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Rockwell heads for the half-million

- TSX and JSE-listed Rockwell Diamonds Incorporated ‒ focused on creating a growth-oriented, mid-tier diamond mining and development company ‒ says its Wouterspan mine in South Africa has indicated positive economics ‒ sufficient to take the project to ... [Published MiningReview.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Rockwell Diamonds Inc, James Campbell, South Africa, Payback Period

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Compromise needed to end SA mine feud [Published MiningReview.com - May 22 2013]
Chamber warns of tighter control of mining Zim ... [Published MiningReview.com - May 22 2013]
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Vale’s Mozambique coal export forecast cut by 30% [Published MiningReview.com - May 21 2013]
Global gold exploration drops 55% [Published MiningReview.com - May 21 2013]
Zimbabwe mining companies reject state control [Published MiningReview.com - May 20 2013]
Randgold enters US$200 million credit facility [Published MiningReview.com - May 20 2013]
Vale restarts coal shipments from Mozambique [Published MiningReview.com - May 17 2013]
Rockwell heads for the half-million [Published MiningReview.com - May 17 2013]
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