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Hoisting mechanism offers increased productivity
20th April 2018 Engineering, equipment and service solutions supplier FLSmidth has developed an “innovative” skip discharging mechanism for vertical mine shafts – an alternative solution that can increase hoisting capacity and reduce hoisting duty cycles as well as maintenance time and costs, FLSmidth commercial... →
Software solution aids tailings management
23rd March 2018 Governance, risk and compliance software supplier IsoMetrix has developed the IsoMetrix tailings management solution (TMS) to specifically enable mining operations to manage their tailings storage facilities (TSFs) more effectively and responsively, as these are inherently environmentally risky,... →
Provider ensures sustainability in CO2-intensive industry
23rd March 2018 With a high carbon footprint characterising the global cement industry, supplier of construction materials and technical solutions AfriSam is continuously advancing sustainable practices to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in mining operations and cement manufacturing processes, and has... →
Sustainable management of risks gains traction
23rd March 2018 Amid a range of land contamination issues in South Africa, mining houses are increasingly adapting their operations to be more holistic to curb environmental risks and create meaningful value for local stakeholders while achieving their objectives. Engineering consultancy WSP Africa environment... →
Mauritania encourages new gold prospects
9th March 2018 Mauritania-based mining and exploration company Suricate Minerals is capitalising on the unexplored territories and the investor-friendly climate of the country to pioneer the development of gold deposits in north Mauritania, Suricate Minerals executive director Ahmed Hertani tells Mining Weekly.... →
Pioneering tin project to spur regional development
9th February 2018 Tin exploration and mining company Alphamin Resources is aspiring to unleash the full profit and socioeconomic development potential of the company’s Bisie tin project, in North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project is expected to launch Alphamin as a respected player in... →
Mining code reform feasible, encouraged
9th February 2018 It is possible, and even necessary, for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to pursue a reform of its 2002 mining code tax regime and find a compromise acceptable to all parties, according to findings of international nonprofit policy and research institute the National Resource Governance... →
Mining Charter will achieve only ‘narrow transformation’
2nd February 2018 The third iteration of the Mining Charter, which is set for court review this month, is “destructive, and should be repealed in its entirety” as it will lead to only “narrow transformation”, says research and policy organisation South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR) policy fellow John... →
Institute emphasises empowerment alternative
2nd February 2018 Government’s predilection for black economic empowerment (BEE) policies, which will be intensified should the new Mining Charter be implemented, will never achieve proper empowerment and transformation in the mining industry, posits research and policy organisation South African Institute of Race... →
Launch of new fire suppression solution in Africa slated for 2018
19th January 2018 Fire-suppression solutions supplier Fire and Security Techniques is eager to introduce the African mining industry to a new fire-suppression solution, Tunnel Safe, which will allow for safer evacuation of mineworkers underground during a fire, to the African mining industry. CEO Neil Hughes... →
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