Flash Briefing: SA mines unlikely saviour of ravaged economy; lockdown likely to be extended; ANC rejects Zuma

Flash Briefing: SA mines unlikely saviour of ravaged economy; lockdown likely to be extended; ANC rejects Zuma

Listen on iTunes The world’s deepest precious-metals mines, together with giant iron-ore and coal pits are providing an unexpected boon to a South African economy slowly recovering from its biggest contraction in a century . Surging demand and prices for commodities including platinum-group metals, iron ore, manganese and coal are generating record mining-company profits and […]

AngloGold Ashanti CEO delay shows failure in leadership planning

AngloGold Ashanti CEO delay shows failure in leadership planning

Anglogold Ashanti holds a 45% stake in the Kibali gold mine in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo. REUTERS/Pete Jones. AngloGold Ashanti’s long delay in appointing a permanent chief executive and the lack of transparency surrounding the process point to deeper failures of corporate governance, analysts say. The company, that was the world’s third-largest gold miner […]

AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine commissions teachers’ Quarters for Abompuniso Basic School

AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine commissions teachers’ Quarters for Abompuniso Basic School

In line with its commitment to promote quality education in its host communities, AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine has commissioned a two-unit two-bedroom and four-unit one-bedroom semi-detached teachers’ quarters for the Abompuniso Basic School. This initiative is to alleviate the plight of teachers who have to trek for long hours to school daily due to lack […]

500 Obuasi residents benefit from AngloGold Ashanti mini-clinic for needy communities

500 Obuasi residents benefit from AngloGold Ashanti mini-clinic for needy communities

About 500 residents of Binsere in the Obuasi Municipality have benefited from AngloGold Ashanti’s mini-clinic initiative in the Ashanti Region. The initiative is the mining company’s maiden mini-clinic to support the health needs of residents of Binsere and neighbouring communities in the Ashanti region. It is meant to promote frequent health screening in rural communities […]