The “Jacaranda City” of Pretoria ‒ venue for today’s mining crisis talks

Mining house and trade union top officials started arriving in the city this morning for the crisis meeting with deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe in a bid to resolve the problems facing the mining sector.

Deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe

Deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe is to ask business, labour and government representatives to make commitments aimed at averting a potential crisis in the South African mining industry.

Prime example of the quality diamonds recovered in Angola

An international diamond industry conference will be held in the Angolan capital on June 20 and 21 as part of ongoing commemorations celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the first diamond in Angola.

Caterpillar mining equipment ‒ African sales up by 30%

Barloworld ‒ a South African distributor of Caterpillar Incorporated equipment ‒ expects spending by mining companies and governments on infrastructure to boost African sales of the machinery by more than 10%pa.

Transnet CEO Brian Molefe

State-owned South African transport and logistics group Transnet has issued bonds to the value of US$330 million (R3.3billion).