Anglo American: is the mega-miner running out of ideas?
Top mining executives may be plain shy of joining an overburdened Cynthia Carroll as Anglo American continues its internal remodelling. Has Anglo American, the transnational miner, run short of ideas over its continuing remodeling, a process that has been underway for more than a decade? Its latest move may be a sideways one, in the [...]
Debswana to proceed with Jwaneng Tailings Project
Firestone Diamonds plc, the AIM-quoted diamond mining and exploration company, is responsible for financing, construction and operation of the plant. Firestone Diamonds plc is an international diamond mining and exploration company with operations in Botswana and South Africa. Botswana is the world’s largest and lowest cost producer of diamonds, with annual production worth over $2.5 [...]
African mining may be driving TB epidemic: study
A study on how mining has contributed significantly to tuberculosis makes an interesting counter-point to the boasting of company health initiatives. Funding TB eradication is often part of Corporate Social Responsibility propaganda, and as such presented as philanthropy. However, it can be seen in this light as cleaning up the very nests they have fouled. [...]
BHP, Eskom sign revised Mozal tariff deal
South African power utility Eskom said it had signed an amended tariff deal with BHP Billiton for its Mozambican aluminium smelter to remove a link to commodity pricing that hit Eskom’s balance sheet last year. See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page67?oid=105589&sn=Detail&pid=92730. For background see http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page38?oid=102270&sn=Detail&pid=92730. This article also mentions Anglo American.
The silent scourge of silicosis
Dr Shula Marks, Emeritus Professor of History at London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies, spoke at a public meeting organised by London Mining Network and War on Want on 22 April 2010. Her talk dealt with the toll taken on South African miners by silicosis. She spoke alongside Alpheos Blom, a former gold [...]
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