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DRILLING

Major Drilling cuts staff by 38% as weak market hurts earnings

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Canadian mine drilling equipment and services provider Major Drilling Group International on Thursday said it had cut its weekly payroll staff by 38% to conserve funds, as mining companies slash exploration budgets. “In February, due to the...

By: Henry Lazenby

6th June 2013

Drilling & Tunnelling

Drilling solutions help extend mine life

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Australia-based underground hard-rock mining contractor Barminco reports mine life can be extended through drilling programmes. The company successfully completed its most complicated drilling programme to date, at gold giant AngloGold Ashanti’s...

By: Chantelle Kotzé

24th May 2013

MINE MECHANISATION

Mine mechanisation helping to tackle safety, cost and productivity issues

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The recent focus on South Africa's platinum and gold mines, have intensified owing to labour problems. This in turn has shed some light on the massive labour sector, which surprised the international mining community, as most international...

By: Joanne Taylor

3rd May 2013

MATERIALS HANDLING

Bell Equipment granted Terex Finlay distributorship in South Africa

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South African original-equipment manufacturer (OEM) Bell Equipment has been granted distribution rights by machinery manufacturer Terex Finlay for its range of mobile crushing, screening and recycling equipment in South Africa.

By: Joanne Taylor

5th April 2013

EXPLORATION DRILLING

SA company acquires Canadian-made track-mounted drill rig

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In a continued effort to stay abreast of new technology in geotechnical investigations and exploration drilling, drilling and testing service provider to the geotechnical and minerals exploration market Geomechanics, part of Southern Africa-based...

By: Samantha Moolman

5th April 2013

FURNACE CONTRACTORS

Furnace contractor makes foray into mining sector

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Local smelter and mineral processing furnace contractor the Dickinson Group has made its public debut into the mining sector after establishing its new mining division one year ago. The refractory specialist has introduced two international...

By: Samantha Moolman

29th March 2013

Drilling & Tunnelling

Blasthole drilling rig to begin production this month

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Mining services company Atlas Copco reports that the last Pit Viper 351 blasthole drilling rig for diversified miner Anglo American subsidiary Kumba Iron Ore’s (Kumba’s) drill rig order will be introduced into production this month.

By: Chantelle Kotzé

22nd March 2013

Drilling & Tunnelling

Company takes receipt of groundbreaking equipment

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Geotechnical and exploration drilling company Geomechanics, part of Lanseria-based GeoGroup, has taken receipt of two new drill rigs this year – the DeltaBase 525 DB and Sonic SDC 450-24. The rigs have increased the company’s drill fleet to...

By: Chantelle Kotzé

22nd March 2013

Topics in these articles

City	Company	Currency	Industry Term
New Bruswick Toronto Omagh Southern Africa Las Vegas DURBAN Lanseria	Boart Longyear AngloGold Ashanti Barminco Gold Fields Mechanised Mining Systems Bell Equipment Terex Finlay GeoGroup Mining Weekly Sonic Drill Corporation Dickinson Group Resemin Atlas Copco Atlas Copco Drilling Solutions Kumba Iron Ore Mining & Rock Excavation Technique Geomechanics Sonic SDC	USD	Mine Drilling Equipment Gold Giant Underground Mining Services Continuous Miners Hydraulic Systems Local Mining Sector Mining Overseas Mining Underground Mining Machinery Manufacturer Machinery Manufacturer Apparent Solution Drill Manufacturer Vibratory Energy Mineral Processing Furnace Contractor Preferred Suppliers Rack-and-pinion Feed Systems Rubber-track Assembly
Person	Country	Natural Feature	Province Or State
Francis McGuire Mark Everett Declan Vogt Gold Fields Paul Mardon Stability Pillar Gary Bell Nigel Irvine David Rossiter Randy Pruden Dickinson Mining James Valenzuela Murillo Trevor Dickinson Wilhelm Visser Bob Fassl Justin Cocchiola Kathryn Coetzer Dave Rossiter	Australia South Africa Peru United States Northern Ireland Canada Germany Democratic Republic Of Congo Sweden Angola Botswana Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mozambique Namibia Poland Swaziland Tanzania	Vaal River Northern Cape	Western Australia Montana
Region	Facility	Technology	Product
Western Australia Southern Africa	Smart Mine Stillwater Mine Local Smelter Sishen Mine Geo-Group Facility Lanseria Facility	Blast Technologies Concrete-spraying Technology Operating System	Sonic SDC 450