Sustained infrastructure work needed to support aggregate, sand miners

A stable period of sustained work for the construction industry will boost aggregate and sand miners and will help to counteract the moderation in projects that followed the 2010 construction programme, says industry body Aggregate & Sand...

State-owned mining researcher Mintek keeping head above water

South Africa’s R400-million-a-year State-owned minerals research institute, Mintek, managed to generate a slender profit of R1,7-million in 2009/10, which was something of an annus horribilis for many in the wake of the global economic...

State-owned mining researcher Mintek keeping head above water

South Africa's R400-million-a-year State-owned minerals research institute Mintek managed to generate a slender profit of R1,7-million in 2009/10, which was something of an annus horribilis for many in the wake of the global economic meltdown. It...

Ovoot Tolgoi mine, Mongolia

An openpit coal mine in the south-west corner of the Omnogovi Aimag (South Gobi province) of Mongolia.

Zimbabwe shows potential for investments

Although Zimbabwe has been trailing behind the rest of the world in mineral exploration and development, asset management company Imara Capital believe that the total value of minerals produced in the country is ready to increase in the near future.

Company Announcement: Site Preparation Commences in Finland for Altona

Attached please find a press release on: Emerging copper producer, Altona Mining Ltd (ASX: AOH) is pleased to report that site preparation has commenced at its Outukompu Copper Project (Project) in eastern Finland, approximately 400km northeast of...

Surveying equipment on show

As the sole distributor for Pentax surveying equipment in Southern Africa since 1970, Afgen will display its capabilities at Electra Mining Africa 2010.

DRC needs sound legal systems, says World Bank

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has a tenth of the world's copper reserves, must create sound legal systems, if it is to attract more private investors and kick-start growth, the World Bank says.

We're going flat out in Cote d'Ivoire, says Randgold's Bristow

Orders will have to be placed this year for the long lead items for the mine that Randgold Resources plans to begin building in Cote d�Ivoire in January 2008, Randgold Resources CEO Dr Mark Bristow tells Mining Weekly.

DRC province has great promise, but much work needed

Katanga has the potential to be the economic engine of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) once more, but much work will have to be done to return it to its former glory, says its newly elected governor Moise Katumbi.

Middelpunt Hill platinum project

The project is directed mainly at the construction of power reticulation and basic infrastructure, but with some mine development also forming part of the project plan.

Middelpunt Hill platinum project

The project is directed mainly at the construction of power reticulation and basic infrastructure, but with some mine development also forming part of the project plan.