Chanel de Bruyn

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Chanel de Bruyn

Chanel de Bruyn is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

Range River offer ‘inadequate, opportunistic’ – Firestone

25th March 2013 Dual-listed Firestone Energy again on Monday advised its shareholders to reject the hostile takeover offer by ASX-listed Range River Gold. In a statement to shareholders, Firestone CEO David Knox said the offer “remains inadequate, highly conditional and opportunistic”. →

Centamin sets 320 000 oz output target for Sukari

14th March 2013 Egypt-focused gold miner Centamin expects to produce 320 000 oz of gold, at a cash operating cost of $700/oz, at its Sukari mine this year. This would represent a 22% increase on the 262 958 oz produced in 2012, which had been above guidance of 250 000 oz. →

Clover, Nestlé merge water, ice tea operations

1st March 2013 JSE-listed Clover on Friday announced that it would acquire Nestlé South Africa’s Doornkloof property, bottled water manufacturing facility and water rights for R58-million in shares in a new joint venture entity it was establishing with Nestlé. The new entity, to be called Clover Waters, would... →

Penumbra mine on track to reach steady-state production by June

1st March 2013 JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South African thermal coal producer Continental Coal on Tuesday said its Penumbra coal mine was on track to reach steady-state production of about 63 000 t a month by June. The coal mining and exploration company on Tuesday reported that the mine, which was being... →

Diamond tender earns Namakwa $970 000

27th February 2013 A February tender of rough diamonds produced by Aim-listed Namakwa Diamonds’ South African subsidiaries earned the company about $970 000 in revenue. The company sold 1 962 ct at an average price of $496/ct, with the average stone size being 0.5 ct. →

Sibanye confirms Beatrix 4 shaft production resumes

26th February 2013 JSE- and NYSE-listed Sibanye Gold on Tuesday confirmed that partial production at its Beatrix 4 shaft had resumed on Monday, in line with expectations. Operations at the mine were suspended on February 20, following a fire that affected a significant part of the shaft. →

Partial production at Beatrix 4 shaft to resume Monday

21st February 2013 Partial production at JSE- and NYSE-listed Sibanye Gold’s Beatrix 4 shaft would resume on February 25, with the mine expected to have lost 1 029 oz of gold during the four-day suspension. Operations at the shaft were suspended on February 20, following a fire, which affected a meaningful part of... →

Resgen starts Boikarabelo mine construction

21st February 2013 ASX- and JSE-listed Resource Generation (Resgen) on Thursday said construction activities at its $630-million Boikarabelo coal mine, in Limpopo, had started, in line with earlier announcements. Initial construction activities would encompass site infrastructure, road works and water and power... →

Sibanye suspends Beatrix 4 shaft ops following fire

20th February 2013 Newly listed Sibanye Gold has suspended operations at its Beatrix 4 Shaft, after a fire broke out in a raise line on 20 Level on Tuesday. Beatrix mine management and mine rescue teams have contained the affected areas and evacuated all employees. No one had been injured in the fire. →

Competition Tribunal approves East Rand Mall acquisition

20th February 2013 The Competition Tribunal has unconditionally approved the acquisition by property loan stock group Redefine and Vukile Property Fund of the East Rand Mall, in Boksburg, from Sanlam Life Insurance for R2.23-billion. The property companies reported on Wednesday that all conditions precedent to the... →

Penumbra mine on track to reach steady-state production by June

19th February 2013 South African thermal coal producer Continental Coal on Tuesday said its Penumbra coal mine was on track to reach steady-state production of about 63 000 t a month by June. The coal mining and exploration company on Tuesday reported that the mine, which was being ramped up to produce about 750... →

Lonmin Dec output ahead of ramp-up target

31st January 2013 Platinum miner Lonmin on Thursday reported that its production for the quarter ended December 31, 2012, had “substantially exceeded” its planned production ramp-up following labour disruptions late last year. The company produced 185 497 oz of platinum in concentrate during the first quarter of... →

Jubilee buys site for ConRoast facility in Middelburg

14th May 2010 JSE- and Aim-listed Jubilee Platinum announced on Tuesday that it would acquire a brownfields smelting facility, in Middelburg, in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, for $14-million, to become the first site of its ConRoast furnace build programme.  →

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