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CARBON TAXES
Mining-heavy SA industry group issues carbon tax warning
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An industry lobby group comprising large mining groups and mineral processing companies is cautioning against the proposed introduction of a carbon tax in South Africa until South Africa has fully charted its abatement potential and the costs...
By: Terence Creamer
23rd January 2012
Furnaces & Kilns
Acquisition brings new furnace technology to South Africa
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Smelter engineering firm Metix has been able to provide the mining industry with technology that was previously not available in South Africa, following the company’s acquisition by global steel processing technology supplier SMS Siemag.
20th January 2012
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Operations at emulsion plant stepped up
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Explosives supplier BME says it is continually increasing production at its Kansanshi emulsion manufacturing plant, in Zambia, to accommodate rising demand.
9th September 2011
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Alternative fuels and raw materials fire cement producer’s kilns
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Greening its operations is a business imperative for cement group AfriSam, which is currently successfully using alternative raw materials to fire the kiln at its Ulco plant, in the Northern Cape. “Conventionally, coal is used to fire kilns to...
By: Tracy Hancock
20th May 2011
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Barro Alto to reach full production by second half of 2012
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Making use of low-risk proven technology and a rotary kiln electric furnace process, diversified miner Anglo American expects its $1,9-billion Barro Alto nickel project, in Brazil, to reach full production capacity in the second half of 2012.
By: Tracy Hancock
20th May 2011
Furnaces & Kilns
Fibre optics enables temperature mapping
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Consulting engineering and project implementation firm Hatch reports it has developed a Tapblock Fibre Optic Temperature Measurement System that provides accurate temperature readings from previously inaccessible locations inside a furnace. Hatch...
By: Tracy Hancock
20th May 2011
Furnaces & Kilns
Fly ash handling system to improve platinum miner’s operation
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Materials handling company Clyde Bergemann Africa (CBZ) is currently supplying a fly ash handling system to platinum producer Impala Platinum (Implats) to improve the operation of its boiler system. CBZ is part of Clyde Bergemann Power Group, a...
By: Tracy Hancock
20th May 2011
Furnaces & Kilns
Kiln maintenance reduces operating margin
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Junior mining resource company Canaf states the lower than traditional operating margin it experienced for the three months ending January 31, is a result of a maintenance shutdown at its South African calcined anthracite operation.
By: Tracy Hancock
20th May 2011
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