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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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
20th November 2009
 
 
ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

Now miners focus on better 
capital, cash management Video Available

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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.
20th November 2009
 
 
 
 
 
 
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