Weba Chute Systems reduces maintenance of transfer points
Transfer points don’t need to be high maintenance areas on a mine anymore. This is according to Mark Baller, MD of Weba Chute Systems, who says the solution to reducing maintenance costs on transfer...
View ArticleSyrah Resources appoints laboratory contractor for Balama project
Mozambique – Testing, inspection and certification services provider Bureau Veritas has a strong presence in Mozambique across seven existing locations and will provide services at Balama for a five...
View ArticleKazzinc selects enterprise planning platform to boost efficiency
Kazzinc, a Glencore majority owned company, will implement RPM’s Enterprise Planning Platform to complement its planned investment in SAP and ultimately obtain the “operational planning behaviours”...
View ArticleBass Metals announces high grade concentrate results at Graphmada
Madagascar - Independent Metallurgical Operations (IMO) completed the testing and demonstrated that of the total ore sample tested, 48% can be classified into the high value large to super jumbo flake...
View ArticleContract Services Group gets BEE shareholder backing
Contract service provider Contract Services Group Holdings, or CSG, has announced that AfriGem Investments will subscribe for 8.3% or 41 million of CSG’s shares – only a day after moving from the AltX...
View ArticleSavary Gold, Sarama Resources being exploration at Karankasso JV
Burkina Faso – Dubbed the largest ever exploration programme by Savary Gold in its history, the exploration programme was initiated in later October. Savary, the operator of the Karankasso JV in...
View ArticleSEW-EURODRIVE introduces field services to support customers
The Field Service Department, established by engineering company SEW-EURODRIVE and headed up by Eben Pretorius, will focus on customer support, as well as growing the OEM’s footprint in this industry....
View ArticleChamber’s Roger Baxter pledges safety protocol of industry
It is intended for the tripartite leaders and their stakeholders in the South African mining industry to reflect on the current Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) performance and the achievement...
View ArticleZest Energy helps power Balama graphite mine in Mozambique
The remote Balama graphite operation, owned by ASX-listed Syrah Resources will be powered by a generator plant that is being constructed by South Africa-based Zest Energy, part of the Zest WEG Group....
View ArticleBassari Resources receives mining permit for Senegal gold project
Senegal – The Bassari/WATIC joint venture development was approved and signed by the Minister of Mines on 30 November 2016. A Presidential Decree will now be issued to formalise the terms, which...
View ArticleGoviEx completes RadonEx exploration programme at its Madaouela project
Niger - A Radon survey will use surface mounted equipment to measure the presence of radon gas at depths of up to 250 m. Radon gas is given off by and indicates the presence of uranium ores. Radon...
View ArticleGold could shine in 2017 says Franklin Equity Group
Here, he discusses the challenges—and opportunities—gold-mining companies may potentially face in the year to come. Why a continued rise in gold prices may still pan out After a strong start to 2016,...
View ArticleELB Engineering to deliver overland conveyor system for Asanko
The Esaase overland conveyor system will be used at the company's Asanko gold mine in Ghana. The project consists of two stages: the FEED and the execution of the balance of the project. It forms part...
View ArticleAura Energy recommences Tiris definitive feasibility study in Mauritania
Mauritania - This is following its recent successful UK listing and fund raising. The Tiris uranium project in north eastern Mauritania is a shallow open-pit mining project with a 49 Mlb U₃O₈ indicated...
View ArticleTailings dumps can be considered a potential mineral asset
This is according to Munyar Chirisa, a chemical engineer and senior manager of Deloitte. Extraction of valuable metals from tailings dumps (or residues or low grade stockpiles) traditionally regarded...
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West African Resources awarded environmental permit for Tanlouka
Burkina Faso – The environmental permit for Tanlouka was received from the Burkina Faso Ministry of the Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change on 8 December 2016. This is the last of all of the...
View ArticleMurray & Roberts Cementration wins contract to build new Northam Platinum mine
The Booysendal South Central Complex will be established on the same mining lease as Booysendal platinum mine, which is situated in Mpumalanga. Allan Widlake, new business executive at Murray &...
View ArticlePump and Abrasion Technologies introduces new pumps to global market
Pump and Abrasion Technologies unveiled its latest product range, CURVE, to the African market at Electra Mining 2016 and to global markets at the recent MINExpo in Las Vegas, USA. According to sales...
View ArticleShanta Gold’s New Luika gold mine intersects first underground ore
Tanzania - The follows from its underground development work which commenced earlier in the year. The intersect occurred just after the nose fault, as predicted in the geological model. “I am pleased...
View ArticleGoldplat renews Ghanaian gold licence
Goldplat’s wholly-owned gold recovery subsidiary in Ghana, Gold Recovery Ghana (GRG), recovers gold from by-products of the mining process, providing an economic method for mines to dispose of waste...
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