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Growth experienced after 2009 workload shedding

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After shedding 90% of its workload in 2009, owing to the economic downturn, mining services company Trollope Mining Services has experienced a 92% growth rate with the promise of a further 27% growth by the end of June 2012.
11th May 2012
 
 
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Interest in qualifications bolstered by DMR

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The skills gained through opencast-mining qualifications are in high demand in the mining industry, owing to the Department of Mineral Resources’ stricter requirements for competency in the industry to improve safety, says training company...
11th May 2012
 
 
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Updated expertise to be made available to industry

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The third edition of the reference book ‘Blasthole Drilling in Open Pit Mining’, which serves as a guide to mining engineers in the opencast mining industry, will be released in September this year, mining services company Atlas Copco reports.
11th May 2012
 
 
MINING SERVICES

Tenova to give Bateman wider market presence in Chile, Australia Video Available

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Tenova CEO Gianluigi (Gigi) Nova Mining project house Bateman Engineering is expected to be given a wider market presence in both South America and Australia following its acquisition by Tenova of Italy. Tenova CEO Gianluigi (Gigi) Nova reports that Tenova’s $150-million...
21st February 2012
 
 
MINING EQUIPMENT

Caterpillar shatters profit records in 2011

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Caterpillar Inc, the world's biggest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, on Thursday shot the lights out with its fourth-quarter earnings announcement, unveiling its biggest year-on-year revenue increase since 1947 – the year the...
26th January 2012
 
 
COAL

Sentula headline earnings flat, CEO sees volatile period ahead

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JSE-listed mining services provider and coal miner Sentula Mining on Friday reported a R230-million loss for the half-year ended September 30, despite a 10% revenue increase to R1.35-billion. Headline earnings, which strip out certain one-off...
18th November 2011
 
 
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Key to success lies in education

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Employing the right people for the job at hand is the key to the success of plant hire company ALS BEE, part of the ALS group, says ALS BEE MD Bethuel Mokotedi.
20th May 2011
 
 
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Coal miner reports solid growth pipeline

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JSE-listed coal mining company Optimum Coal has a robust portfolio of mining assets, a solid growth pipeline and is working towards increasing the life-of-mine of its operational footprint, while sustainably addressing its responsibility towards...
6th May 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
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