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Skills Crisis

About 20% of SA’s engineers now over retirement age

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What would the world be like without engineers? This was the question asked at the recent Structures for Mining and Related Materials Handling conference held in the North West province earlier this month.

By: Jonathan Faurie

20th November 2009

CORPORATE ACTIVITY

Black-owned investment  group buys into engineering contractor Roytec

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South African engineering contracting company Roymec announced that it has teamed up with black-owned and managed investment group Tamela.

By: Loni Prinsloo

20th November 2009

INNOVATION

Gem imaging, sorting technique R&D advances

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A revolutionary new technology, dubbed MinPET, for the detection, imaging and sorting of diamonds in kimberlite and which has its roots in medical-nuclear physics, has been taken through a substantial part of the research and development phase by...

By: Jonathan Faurie

20th November 2009

Gold

Gold recovery plant delivered three weeks ahead of schedule

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Bateman Engineering’s modular plant business has supplied a modularised two-stage gold recovery plant, three weeks ahead of schedule.

By: Jonathan Faurie

20th November 2009

Tungsten

Junior miner reapplies for mining rights  for Western Cape tungsten project

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Cape Town-based junior miner, Bongani Minerals has applied for a second mining right to exploit a deposit of tungsten and molybdenum in the Moutonshoek Valley, 40 km from Piketberg in the Western Cape.

By: Jade Davenport

20th November 2009

MINING REHABILITATION

Miners to face the strong arm of the law for rehab noncompliance, govt warns

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In a continent blessed with a wealth of mineral resources, these riches also carry an underlying tone of blackness fraught with pollution, land degradation and health and safety risks.

By: Brindaveni Naidoo

20th November 2009

CONSULTING COMPANIES

Mining software firm eyeing more business opportunities across Africa

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International mining consulting company Snowden has increased its focus on the South African market, and aims to considerably expand its African market footprint in the coming year.

By: Loni Prinsloo

20th November 2009

ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

Now miners focus on better  capital, cash management

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Mining and metals companies have survived tremendous price volatility over the past year and, worldwide, companies are now focused on containing costs and preparing for growth.

By: Loni Prinsloo

20th November 2009

Topics in these articles

Company	Country	Person	Facility
TWP TWP Holdings Anglo Inyosi Coal BHP Billiton Energy Coal South Africa Eskom Roymec Tamela Bateman Engineering ACT Bongani Minerals SRK Consulting Union Carbide AMD BHP Billiton Mining Weekly Public Environmental Arbiters Snowden Ernst & Young	South Africa Australia Chile India	Nigel Townshend Malcolm Royal Friedel Sellschop Rand Gold Aubrey Withers Charlie Boucher Liz Day Jacinto Rocha Mariette Liefferink Pranill Ramchander Allan Earl Bill Mckechnie Steve Kirk-patrick Adrian Macartney	Phola Plant
Industry Term	Technology	City	Natural Feature
Coal Processing Plant Finance Investment Group High-energy Photon Beam Medical Imaging Technology Demonstrator Steel Structural Steel Mining Underground Optimisation Software Suite Cash Flow Management	Medical Imaging Statistical Quasi-imaging Decision Algorithm Tomography Pollution Control	Johannesburg Roodepoort Perth	Krom Antonies River Valley Moutonshoek Valley
Organization	Product	Region	Continent
Department Of Mineral Resources	Tungsten Evaluator Stopesizor	Western Cape	Africa Europe North America South America