I-CAT offers environment-friendly mine maintenance solutions
I-CAT assists mines to cope during the down turn by offering reliable and environment-friendly mining products and solutions, with cutting edge technologies. I-CAT marketing director Lourens Jansen van...
View ArticleNew FLSmidth country head appointed for South Africa
Deon de Kock has been appointed as FLSmidth Vice President for Minerals, Sub Sahara. In addition to assuming full regional responsibilities for FLSmidth, De Kock will also assume the role of Country...
View ArticleMkango Resources to acquire high res airborne geophysical data
Malawi - The data covers the majority of Mkango Resources’ Phalombe and Thambani exclusive prospecting licences in Malawi. The nationwide airborne geophysical survey was part of a US$25 million World...
View ArticleArmadale Capital confirms high grade graphite mineralisation at Liandu project
Armadale Capital is in the process of acquiring the Liandu project and has this month raised £825 000 (or R17 million) to advance the project. The cash was raised through the placing of just over 41...
View ArticleMining Charter review should aim for more policy certainty
The draft review of the Mining Charter aims to continue the redress of historic inequalities in the sector and heightens the performance targets for the industries role players. Among others, the...
View ArticleMultotec drives down DMS plant maintenance costs
Over recent years, Multotec launched a number of innovations that have not only extended the life of its cast iron DMS cyclones but also simplified on-site maintenance. Phillip Nxumalo and Tumi...
View ArticleWeba Chute Systems highlights maintenance issues
This stance is cause for concern as cutting back on maintenance will increase long term operational costs on a plant. Although Mark Baller, MD of Weba Chute Systems says it is evident when taking short...
View ArticleMBE Minerals affirms that Pneuflot is suited to all ores
Gregory Niekerk, business development manager at MBE Minerals, says that the company’s Pneuflot technology is nearing the completion of an 18 month test at a South African PGM operation where the pilot...
View ArticleRockwell Automation joins forces with B-BBEE shareholders
Barry Elliot – MD of Rockwell Automation Sub-Saharan Africa More specifically, Rockwell Automation has joined hands with two influential South African trusts, Ma Afrika Tikkun endowment trust and...
View ArticleBig Lift Trucks awarded new African distributorship contract
Ken Mouritzen, MD of BLT says that the company’s structured expansion programme encompasses a strategy to extend its range of materials handling equipment to meet exact market demand in Africa and the...
View ArticleEast Africa Metals initiates mine permitting for Terakimti oxide gold project
Ethiopia – East Africa Metals has most recently completed the technical, environmental and socio-economic documentation to qualify Terakimti for submission of a mine permit application to the Ethiopian...
View ArticleGold’s Brexit rally must not go to waste
SRK Consulting corporate consultant Roger Dixon The danger, according to SRK Consulting corporate consultant Roger Dixon, is that this windfall revenue will simply be used to repay debt and issue...
View ArticleAltaaqa Global joins forces with Caterpillar to empower locals
In 2015, Altaaqa Global installed a 50 MW natural gas power plant in Cameroon’s most populous city, Douala, as an immediate solution to the city’s chronic electricity shortage. The power plant added...
View ArticleStrandline Resources begins major mineral sands exploration campaign in Tanzania
Tanzania – Following a US$2.3 million funding partnership with mining-focused private equity firm Tembo Capital, Strandline Resources has kicked off an aggressive exploration and resource building...
View ArticleVital Engineering delivers largest grating/handrailing supply contract for Eskom
Vital Engineering is an established manufacturer of safety handrails, floor gratings and expanded metals, which has supplied bespoke components to both plants that included 100 000 m² of grating panels...
View ArticleIvanhoe confirms excellent recoveries at Kamoa’s Kakula Discovery zone
DRC - The results follow initial metallurgical test work from a sample of drill core from on-going exploration in the Kakula Discovery zone, in a southerly portion of the Kamoa copper project. The...
View ArticleJohnson Controls delivers custom chillers to Bulyanhulu gold mine
The Frick ammonia water chillers supply chilled water to a surface bulk air cooler (BAC) at a second ventilation shaft developed to service Bulyanhulu’s extended mining operations. Johnson Controls...
View ArticleOrca Gold discovers significant water at Block 14 mineral licence
Sudan – The aquifer system, located over an area covering approximately 13 km2, was discovered as a result of an ongoing water exploration programme at Block 14. Orca Gold believes that the aquifer...
View ArticleSafety beyond critical says Vedanta Zinc International CEO Deshnee Naidoo
Vedanta Zinc International CEO Deshnee Naidoo Naidoo was talking to delegates at the second Sustainable Development Day of Vedanta Resources Plc (Vedanta) in London recently. Vedanta Zinc International...
View ArticleWeir Minerals Africa achieves maximum screening efficiency
According to slurry equipment solutions provider Weir Minerals Africa - regardless of the aggregate product’s final application, be it construction material or road surfacing, the property a customer...
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