Apps to enhance mining safety and profitability
This is according to BME senior software developer Nicky Klacar. “With a mobile phone that connects to the internet, you have the equivalent of a supercomputer in your pocket,” said Klacar. “BME has...
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SEW-EURODRIVE plans to increase local assembly capability
SEW-EURODRIVE’s commitment to South Africa and the continent is underscored by the fact that the bulk of its regional turnover is still generated by the mining and minerals-processing industry. This is...
View ArticleWalkabout Resources’ Lindi Jumbo scoping study highly robust
The scoping study for the south eastern Tanzania-based project includes a proposed open pit mine and graphite processing plant. According to Walkabout Resources, project economics are highly robust as...
View ArticleOrezone Gold Corporation increase Bomboré mineral resource
The updated Bomboré resource estimation was performed by Toronto-based Roscoe Postle Associates. The overall results show that the gold ounces contained in the 2017 Measured and Indicated resource have...
View ArticleBreath of air for iron ore producers
By Andries Louw, industry analyst at Coface, the international trade credit insurance company This left the industry questioning whether it was realistic to be hopeful about the price recovery seen...
View ArticleRedpath Mining Africa to introduce key projects at Mining Indaba
Redpath Mining Africa, a provider of comprehensive shaft-sinking and underground mining services, will present its latest raiseboring technology, and two recently-completed key projects, at Investing...
View ArticleZest Energy provides mobile substation for Kamoa-Kakula copper project
The 120/11 kV mobile substation of Zest Energy will serve the construction of the initial planned mine at Kamoa-Kakula, where the existing mineral resource has been independently verified as Africa’s...
View ArticleKibo Mining’s Mbeya receives government approval for ESIA scoping reports
Tanzania - Approval and acceptance of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment scoping reports concludes Stage 2 of the required three stage statutory ESIA approval process. Completion of Stage...
View ArticleAll parts of the diamond sector must work together says De Beers’ Bruce Cleaver
He was speaking at a reception for customers of its Global Sightholder Sales business during the first Sight of 2017. Commenting on the value of different parts of the diamond pipeline finding ways to...
View ArticleWest African Resources awarded mining permit
Burkina Faso – The mining permit for the development of the newly renamed Sanbrado gold project, is the last step in the permitting process required by the company and receipt of the mining permit...
View ArticleELB screens make plants more efficient; reduce processing costs
ELB Screening Technology Solutions has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with one of the world’s leading suppliers of screening systems, Haver and Boecker. The agreement adds to ELB’s already...
View ArticleBass Metals delivers exploration success
Madagascar - The discovery, known as Andapa, is immediately south of the operating Antsirabe graphite mine, currently owned and operated by private Chinese mining interests, who ship their premium...
View ArticleSA mining at risk of missing out on benefits of global commodities uptick
That’s because the next 12 to 18 months are stacking up to be some of the most volatile and uncertain times ever experienced by our country’s mining sector. By Paul Miller, Mining Investment Banker at...
View ArticleStrandline Resources ramps up Fungoni project feasibility study
Tanzania – This follows the release of the results from a drilling campaign in January, which significantly increased the contained heavy mineral (HM) of the mineral resource estimate, improved JORC...
View ArticleEast Africa Metals Terakimti met. test work confirms positive leach gold...
Column Leaching Testwork Ethiopia - The column testwork programme was performed for East Africa Metals to evaluate the potential to utilise heap leaching for the extraction of gold and silver from the...
View ArticleAECOM highly commended for Eastern Basin Acid Mine Drainage plant
AECOM designed the plant for the Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA). The Eastern Basin AMD plant is one of the largest high-density sludge (HDS) plants in the world, with a maximum treatment...
View ArticleNexus Gold Corp. commences drilling at Niangouela gold concession
Burkina Faso – Nexus Gold Corp. has initiated a 1 000 m diamond drill programme on its 178 km2 Niangouela exploration permit to target high grade gold anomalies. Crews from exploration drilling company...
View Article2017 Mining Indaba to meet the changing needs of the African mining community
True to Mining Indaba’s promise to better meet the changing needs of the African mining community, the number of mining companies registered is up 32% compared to 2016 and there are 71% more investors...
View ArticleMkango Resources work programme on Malawi project could reveal lithium...
Malawi - The programme will comprise follow-up of the results of the World Bank airborne geophysics survey reported in 2016 (http://www.mkango.ca/s/news.asp?ReportID=755345) as well as previous...
View ArticleGoldplat commissions stage one of new processing facility at Kilimapesa gold...
Kenya – The plant has a designed capacity of 200 tpd and will consist of a crusher circuit; mills; a thickener; leach tanks; an elution plant as well as a tailings deposition facility. The project has...
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