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Blasting specialist receives $230m in contract extensions

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Mining industry services provider Downer Blasting Services (DBS) has been awarded $230-million in contract extensions for various blasting operations at mining sites across Australia. DBS was awarded three-year contract extensions with coal miner...

By: Carina Borralho

22nd November 2013

CONTRACT MINING

Downer gets A$500m Roy Hill contract

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Project house Downer has been awarded a A$500-million contract for early mining services at the Roy Hill opencut iron-ore mine, in the Pilbara. Downer would perform the pre-strip and supplementary mining activity over an initial four-and-a-half...

By: Esmarie Swanepoel

18th November 2013

Contract mining

Contractors need to meet mining companies’ business aims

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Mining contractors have an important role to play in helping to drive the business objectives of mining companies, says professional services firm Deloitte Africa mining advisory leader Abrie Olivier. He adds that contractors form an intrinsic...

By: David D‘ Oliveira

8th November 2013

Contract mining

Fewer employment opportunities for mining professionals

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South Africa-based resource sector recruitment specialist Mecs Africa, a subsidiary of JSE-listed company MICROmega Holdings, notes that, in the last nine months, there has been a reduction in appointments, such as operational and project...

By: David D‘ Oliveira

8th November 2013

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT – 2

Safety training facility to start operations by year-end

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Mining contractor and engineering firm Redpath South Africa completed the construction of a Mining Qualifications Authority- (MQA-) accredited training centre in August at its head office in Johannesburg.

By: Chantelle Kotze

1st November 2013

Contract mining

SA company supplies second motors and drives order to DRC mine

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Electric motors and drives supplier Zest WEG Group reports that it has supplied a second order of electric motors and drives for a mining project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the first quarter of this year.

By: Zandile Mavuso

11th October 2013

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

FETs not churning out suitable artisans for a mining sector that needs to mechanise at a faster pace

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The South African mining sector needs to mechanise at a faster pace to remain competitive and the skills needed to achieve this are sourced from the artisan pool, but the skills shortage in this area is increasing because further education and...

By: Sashnee Moodley

4th October 2013

Contract mining

R6.3m project almost complete

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South Africa-based pipeline solutions provider Rare is working on a R6.3-million infrastructure contract for steel piping, which conveys abrasive and corrosive mining slurry from the plant to the tailings dam, for Zambian copper mine Kansanshi.

By: Zandile Mavuso

13th September 2013

Topics in these articles

Company	Country	Currency	Industry Term
Downer Blasting Services Explosives Saracen Mineral Holdings Sojitz Yancoal Australia Downer Deloitte Africa Mecs Africa MICROmega Holdings GM Redpath Mining South Africa Redpath South Africa Bomar Projects Dymot Engineering Electric Motors Motors Switchgear VSDs Zest WEG Group Education Gold Fields Grant Thornton London Metal Exchange Marley Rare Rare Construction Zambia Rare South Africa	Australia South Africa Democratic Republic Of Congo India Mozambique Zambia Botswana Brazil Ghana Kenya Namibia Nigeria Tanzania Zimbabwe	USD AUD	Coal Miner Down-the-hole Services Explosives Gold Producer Transport Early Mining Services Mining Supplementary Mining Activity Electric And Hydraulic Winches Manufacturer Electric Motors Electrical Control Equipment Electrical Equipment Motors Tailor-made Solutions VSDs Advisory Services Energy Energy Use Finance Local Mining Sector Mechanised Mining Policy Solutions Tailings Technologies Abrasive And Corrosive Mining Slurry Fluid Conveyance Solution Pipes Steel Steel Pipe Steel Piping
Person	Region	City	Facility
Grant Fenn Abrie Olivier Roland Glass Johan Jansen Van Vuuren Billie Christie Electric Motors Motors VSDs Eddie Stonehouse Fred Cawood Mark Cutifani Steven Kilfoil Sven Lunsche Carl Von Graszouw	Asia Pacific South Africa	Perth Mumbai Johannesburg	Roy Hill Mine South Deep Mine University Of Witwatersrand Mine Kansanshi
Natural Feature	Continent	Province Or State	Technology
Roy Hill	Africa	Katanga	Tailings Technologies