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Explosives

Plant will increase company’s capacity by 140%

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Explosives supplier Bulk Mining Explosives’ (BME’s) capacity to supply ammonium nitrate to its customers across Africa will be substantially increased in two years when Omnia’s nitrate acid (HNO3) plant, in Sasolburg, comes on line, reports...
9th July 2010
 
 
MINING EXPLOSIVES

AECI subsidiaries develop a stabler homogeniser

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Mining blasting solutions provider AEL Mining Services and its sister company, chemical developer Lake International Technologies have developed a new homogeniser.
2nd July 2010
 
 
South Deep Gold Mine Expansion

Explosives company 
awarded blasting contract for vent shaft project

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Explosives and mining services company AEL Mining Services has been awarded the blasting contract to deepen Gold Fields’ South Deep gold mine’s ventilation shaft.
25th June 2010
 
 
Explosives

Retaining skills of blasting specialists a challenge

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There is cause for concern within the South African opencast mining industry as the retention of blast specialists’ expertise has become increasingly difficult with more and more skilled South Africans opting to emigrate or work abroad, reports...
7th May 2010
 
 
MINING INVESTMENT

Basil Read may hive off mining into separately listed entity – CEO Video Available

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The mining division of the JSE-listed Basil Read construction group may be hived off into a separately listed entity, Basil Read CEO Marius Heyns said on Friday. Heyns told Mining Weekly Online that the company was working on a strategy to...
12th March 2010
 
 
MINING Explosives

New explosives code to come into effect within months

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In an effort to bring South Africa on par with best-practice safety standards in the mining industry, new regulations are being introduced for the mine explosives industry.
29th January 2010
 
 
Explosives

Explosives industry able to consolidate during downturn

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Continued demand for explosives for use in daily mining activities has buoyed the supply market for the product despite the global financial downturn, says explosives supplier BME divisional MD Francois Hay.
22nd January 2010
 
 
EXPLOSIVES & MINING CHEMICALS

Omnia optimistic about future of its 
mining division despite 11% loss

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JSE-listed Omnia’s mining division reported a revenue loss of 11% for the half year ended September 2009 compared with the previous half year, but is far from being discouraged and expects positive growth for this division in coming months.
11th December 2009
 
 
 
 
 
 
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