As part of efforts to provide a sustainable future for the youth through education, AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine has awarded scholarships to 50 students from its host communities for their tertiary education. All the scholarship beneficiaries will have their school fees, accommodation fees, and all other related costs paid in full by the Mine until […]
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May R499m Covid hospital be a lesson for KZN donations
The R499 million spent on the hospital that was inaccessible to communities happened during the revelations about the PPE scandal. Health worker seen at the Nasrec Field Hospital for Covid-19, 25 January 2021. Picture: Michel Bega A R499 million health facility is shutting down in Carletonville, Gauteng. The cost of the AngloGold Ashanti covid field […]
Silicosis claimants paid R320m to date in class action settlement
PHOTO: iStock The Tshiamiso Trust, set up to disburse funds, has handled 3 600 claims, and is paying out over R3 million a day. It’s been a decade since gold miners afflicted by the lung disease silicosis first launched a class action suit seeking compensation from 30 gold mining companies on the grounds that the […]
Silicosis claimants paid R320m to date in class action settlement
Claims date back to 1965, with mineworkers who carried out risk work at the relevant mines up to December 10, 2019 potentially able to claim. Image: Waldo Swiegers, Bloomberg It’s been a decade since gold miners afflicted by the lung disease silicosis first launched a class action suit seeking compensation from 30 gold mining companies […]
Anglogold Ashanti Holds 19th Annual Non-denominational Thanksgiving Service
Jpeg Anglogold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine, has held its 19 th annual non-denominational thanksgiving service to thank God for his protection and the preservation of the Mine. With songs of praise and dance, employees of the Mine and their families, host communities, and government officials expressed their gratitude to the Almighty God for the successes achieved […]
Minerals Council SA follows its members’ exodus from the Joburg CBD
The old Mineral Councils building. (Photo: Supplied) “Fathered by gold and mothered by money,” is the memorable way the historian Charles van Onselen described Johannesburg in his book New Babylon . The offspring of that union included the Chamber of Mines, which at one time employed a staff of 7,500. The Minerals Council South Africa […]
Victims In Dompim Rain Disaster Receive Support From MP, Assembly
Photocollage X Mr George Mireku Duker, the Member of Parliament (MP) of Tarkwa-Nsuaem constituency, has donated items worth thousands of cedis to people who were recently displaced by a rainstorm at Dompim. The items included 100 packets of roofing sheets, 100 mattresses, 1000 stoves, 100 bags of rice and cash sum of GHï¿ 20,000. The Tarkwa-Nsuaem […]
AngloGold Ashanti reports maiden 3.4Moz of gold and 14.2Moz of silver at its Silicon project in Nevada
Editor’s Note: With so much market volatility, stay on top of daily news! Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today’s must-read news and expert opinions. Sign up here! (Kitco News) – AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU ), one of the largest gold producers globally, today announced a maiden mineral resource at the […]
BRUCE WHITFIELD: Looking for calm, Absa appoints an insider as boss
Arrie Rautenbach. File photo: SUPPLIED Absa has appointed an insider as full-time CEO for the first time since 2006. Banking sector and Absa veteran Arrie Rautenbach will take over from interim CEO Jason Quinn. Quinn returns to the finance director role he held until the departure of former Reserve Bank deputy governor Daniel Mminele, who […]
MIIF’s small scale mining incubation to include Community Mining project
Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng – CEO of MIIF The decision of Goldfields Ghana Limited and Anglogold Ashanti to support the Community Mining Project (CMP) initiated by the government has been commended. The Community Mining Project was initiated by the government to help create opportunities in mining for indigenes in mining communities and to curb the […]
