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Mining in Africa

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
 
 
Mining in Africa

Carbon gold recovery incinerator for Ghana-based mine

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Heat technology supplier Ai-Tec’s manufacturing arm, Macrotec, is manufacturing a spent activated carbon gold recovery incinerator for use at a mine in Ghana, which will be supplied at the end of this month.
20th January 2012
 
 
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Erection of Sishen pilot plant is progressing well

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Mining and minerals project house TWP, a subsidiary of the Basil Read group, reports that the erection of the Sishen expansion project (SEP) 1B beneficiation pilot plant at iron-ore producer Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen mine, in the Northern Cape,...
20th January 2012
 
 
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Exploration company postpones geophysical survey

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Exploration and development company Uranex has postponed a helicopter borne geophysical survey of the Likuyu North prospect, which forms part of its Mkuju uranium project, in southern Tanzania, to the second quarter of this year.
20th January 2012
 
 
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Gold resource grows 61% at Nyieme

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Aim-listed gold producer Goldplat reports a 61% increase in Joint Ore Reserve Committee (JORC-) Compliant resource at its Nyieme gold project in the prospective Birimian Greenstone belt, in southern Burkina Faso.
20th January 2012
 
 
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Group nominated as preferred contractor for proposed Venetia underground project

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Engineering and construction group Murray & Roberts’ (M & R’s) subsidiary M & R Cementation has been selected by diamond miner De Beers as the preferred contractor to undertake the development of an underground mining operation at the Venetia...
20th January 2012
 
 
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Investment in Mali gold mine yields returns

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German mining investment company Pearl Gold AG has acquired a 25% stake in Malian mining company Wassoul’Or, which operates a gold mine in Kodieran, 300 km south-east of Bamanko. The mine holds an estimated deposit of 1.75-million ounces of...
20th January 2012
 
 
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Kolomela mine gears up for production, invests in community

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This year will usher in the opening of the Kolomela Mine, Anglo American company Kumba Iron Ore’s R8.5-billion development near Postmasburg, in the Northern Cape, which is set to produce nine-million tons of iron ore a year over 28 years.
20th January 2012
 
 
 
 
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