Shannon de Ryhove
Shannon de Ryhove is Media Partnership Manager and Contributing Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
Daily podcast – June 18, 2009
18th June 2009 In today's podcast: Transnet budgets for a R12,9-billion funding shortfall in 2009/10; and SAA expects to pay a penalty of more than R1,5-billion... →
Daily podcast – June 17, 2009
17th June 2009 In today's podcast: Rio Tinto's and BHP Billiton's proposed iron-ore joint venture has "a strong monopolistic flavour"; and International Gold... →
Daily podcast – June 17, 2009
17th June 2009 In today's podcast: Heineken NV is in talks to build a barley-malting plant at its new brewery in South Africa; and R1,6-billion-rand phase 1A of... →
Daily podcast – June 15, 2009
15th June 2009 In today's podcast: the Minerals Resources Authority of Mongolia has suspended the main operating licences for Centerra Gold's Boroo mine; and MDM... →
Daily podcast – June 15, 2009
15th June 2009 In today's podcast: SA's MTN may buy a proposed 25% stake in India's Bharti Airtel via global depositary receipts issued by the Indian firm; and... →
Daily podcast – June 11, 2009
11th June 2009 In today's podcast: South Africa's manufacturing output declines by a record 21,6% year-on-year in April; and Basil Read announces that it will buy... →
Daily podcast – June 11, 2009
11th June 2009 In today's podcast: the Zambian government confirms its intention to increase its shareholding in foreign-owned copper mining companies by 25%; and... →
Daily podcast – June 10, 2009
10th June 2009 In today's podcast: only a low volume of production will come from the main shaft of AngloGold Ashanti's Savuka mine; and BHP Billiton announces... →
Daily podcast – June 10, 2009
10th June 2009 In today's podcast: York Timber might shut three of its eight processing plants, with two being permanently shut; and Transnet insists that it is... →
Daily podcast – June 9, 2009
9th June 2009 In today's podcast: South Africa's gold output will continue to fall until at least 2014; and NUM demand a 20% wage increase from world number-two... →
Daily podcast – June 9, 2009
9th June 2009 In today's podcast: Seifsa tells the Nersa that it is economically and morally unfair for current electricity users to have to subsidise future... →
Daily podcast – June 5, 2009
5th June 2009 In today's podcast: Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton announce that they will combine their major Australian iron ore operations; and Mvelaphanda... →
Daily podcast – June 5, 2009
5th June 2009 In today's podcast: changes in market conditions present a significant opportunity for Eskom to reduce the capital costs of its new build... →
Daily podcast – June 4, 2009
4th June 2009 In today's podcast: the illegal miners death toll at South African gold producer Harmony Gold's Eland shaft reaches 76; and SBT Trust confirms that... →
Daily podcast – June 4, 2009
4th June 2009 In today's podcast: the Industrial Development Corporation develops a programme to fund South African companies in distress as a result of the... →
Daily podcast – June 3, 2009
3rd June 2009 In today's podcast: a study indicates that large-scale solar photovoltaic power projects (over 1 MW) could easily be added to South Africa's... →
Daily podcast – June 3, 2009
3rd June 2009 In today's podcast: production at AngloGold Ashanti's Moab Khotsong mine, in the Free State, resumes; and the bodies of another 25 illegal miners... →
Daily podcast – June 2, 2009
2nd June 2009 In today's podcast: Chinese steel mills are to offer a new proposal in benchmark iron ore price talks; and criminal charges have been laid against... →
Daily podcast – June 2, 2009
2nd June 2009 In today's podcast: General Motor's Chapter 11 filing for bankruptcy protection in the US won't affect General Motors South Africa's operations;... →
Daily podcast – June 1, 2009
1st June 2009 In today's podcast: the Purchasing Managers Index improves to 37,3 index points on a seasonally adjusted basis; and Standard Chartered Bank could... →
Daily podcast – June 1, 2009
1st June 2009 In today's podcast: the Zimbabwe government says it will soon impose a law to ban the export of raw chrome; and →
