Western Bushveld joint venture's Project 1, South Africa

Platinum Group Metals and Wesizwe Platinum have started a joint study to determine the potential for synergies. 

Arthur Taylor Colliery Opencast Mine East project, South Africa

The project remains on track and within budget to deliver first coal during the third quarter of 2011. 

Rare earths separation plant, South Africa

Construction of the proposed rare earths separation plant is scheduled to start in early 2012. 

Jansen potash project, Canada

A final board decision on the project will be made in 2012, with first output pencilled in for 2015. 

Sierra Gorda copper/molybdenum project, Chile

Sierra Gorda is the first big mining project in Chile to be approved under the new environment regulations. 

Kinsevere mine Stage 2 development, Democratic Republic of Congo

The first copper cathodes at the Kinsevere solvent extraction and electrowinning plant were produced in May 2011. 

Dedisa open-cycle gas turbine project, South Africa

The project forms part of the Department of Energy's plan to introduce new peaking power capacity by 2013. 

SABMiller Africa brewery, Nigeria

The project entails the construction of a new greenfield brewery, at Onitsha, in south-eastern Nigeria. 

Zanzibar Urban Services Project, Tanzania

The objective of the project is to improve access to urban services on Unguja island, the main island in the archipelago of Zanzibar. 

Lomé container terminal project, Togo

The new Lomé container terminal is planned to handle up to 1.5-million twenty-foot-equivalent container units a year. 

Tehri pumped-storage hydropower plant, India

The plant will be India’s first pumped-storage power plant to use variable-speed technology, which offers even greater efficiency. 

Caspian pipeline expansion project, from Kazakhstan to Russia

The project plans to increase the current throughput capacity of the Caspian pipeline to around 67-million tons of oil a year. 

Malé International Airport expansion and modernisation project, Maldives

The expansion will include the establishment of a new 55 000 m2 state-of-the-art passenger terminal building at the Malé International Airport. 

United Manganese of Kalahari manganese project, South Africa

The project contains resources of 282-million tons of manganese and reserves of 41-million tons. 

Bomboré gold project, Burkina Faso

The Bomboré gold deposit is amenable to both heap leaching and carbon-in-leach mining. 

Cornerstone copper project, US

The project proposes to extend the life of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, located in Utah, from 2019 to 2028.  

Ruzizi III hydropower project, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Rwanda

Ruzizi III will be developed on a build-operate-transfer basis to be awarded jointly by the associated governments. 

Djibouti City drinking water facilities rehabilitation project, Djibouti

The objective of the project is to address the severe drinking water shortage in Djibouti City. 

Wind farms project, Brazil

The project involves the installation of 104 wind turbines, across the states of Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte, in Brazil. 

Bello wastewater treatment plant, Colombia

The collected wastewater from the project is designated for the northern municipalities of Bello and Medellín, in Colombia. 

Sud-Europe Atlantique high-speed rail project, France

The project plans to introduce a 302-km-long high-speed railway line, between Tours and Bordeaux, in France. 

Arbeel combined-cycle power plant, Iraq

The project entails the conversion of the existing simple-cycle Arbeel power plant into combined-cycle. 

Gauteng freeway improvement project, South Africa

Business Unity South Africa is still concerned about outstanding etolling information on the Gauteng freeway improvement project. 

Gautrain rapid rail link, South Africa

The Johannesburg–Pretoria link of the Gautrain rail project was officially opened on August 2, 2011. 

Avon open-cycle gas turbine project, South Africa

The project proposes to construct a 670 MW open-cycle gas turbine power plant, in Avon, in northern KwaZulu-Natal. 

Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport runway construction project, Mauritius

The project proposes to develop a new runway near the existing 3 000-m-long runway at the Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport. 

Sena railway line project, Mozambique

The project entails the rehabilitation and expansion of the existing 673-km-long Sena railway line in Mozambique. 

Tanga cement project, Tanzania

The capacity of the Tanga cement plant is expected to be the largest in both East and Central Africa. 

Quest carbon capture and storage project, Canada

The Quest carbon capture and storage project plans to capture more than one-million tons of carbon dioxide a year. 

Kiryat Gat chip fabrication plant expansion project, Israel

The project involves the upgrade of a chip manufacturing plant, in Kiryat Gat, 56 km from Israel's capital Tel Aviv. 

Río Caribe-Mejillones gas condensate development project, off Venezuela

The project will export 30 000 bbl/d of condensate by using a shuttle tanker, with the gas reinjected for future recovery. 

Copper Crossing solar photovoltaic power plant, US

The 20 MW Copper Crossing solar photovoltaic power plant will be built on former private, agricultural land in Pinal County, in Arizona. 

Volspruit platinum-group metals project, South Africa

The project proposes the phased roll-out of three identical 100 000 t/m flotation plants, while incorporating the downstream processing of base metals. 

Moiyabana coal project, Botswana

The Moiyabana coal operation has an estimated 660-million tons of reserves, with potential for opencast mining. 

San José silver/gold project, Mexico

Fortuna Silver Mines has reported that the construction of its San José silver/gold mine is proceeding on schedule. 

El Valle-Boinás/Carlés gold/copper project, Spain

The mine is targeting production levels of more than 100 000 oz/y of gold, 3 900 t/y of copper and over 150 000 oz/y of silver. 

Gauteng freeway improvement project, South Africa

The Intelligent Transport Society of South Africa has come out in support of the ‘user pay’ principle, which is proposed for Gauteng's freeways. 

Husab uranium project, Namibia

The Husab uranium property currently ranks as the fifth-largest uranium-only deposit in the world. 

Venetia diamond mine expansion project, South Africa

De Beers will announce its decision on the R10-billion underground expansion of its Venetia diamond mine by mid-2012. 

Khanyisa power project, South Africa

Anglo American's Thermal Coal business unit is investigating the feasibility of building a power plant that will operate using low-quality discard coal as fuel.