Tyre firm seeks to further penetrate the African market

Beltyre Africa, the Belshina tyre distributor for Africa, states it is vigorously aiming to market its product range into the African market, this year.

Company Announcement: Basil Read Successfully Completes Five-Year Contract With Rossing Uranium

Construction company Basil Read’s contract term for Rio Tinto’s Rössing Uranium Mine has come to an end, after five successful years on site. Situated in Namibia, Rössing is the world’s largest running open pit uranium mine and the third...

Work advances on Twickenham decline shafts and infrastructure

Work on the Twickenham platinum mine project is progressing well and is expected to gain momentum after being delayed by three years, reports engineering project house TWP Projects, a subsidiary of construction company Basil Read.

Minas Moatize sees progress

Mining group Beacon Hill Resources (BHR) reports that it continues to make significant progress in all aspects of the development of its Minas Moatize coal project, in northern Mozambique.

Planning of Minas Moatize feasibility study started

Engineering project house TWP Projects, a subsidiary of construction company Basil Read, has initiated the project planning phase of a $1.7-million feasibility study (FS) for mining group Beacon Hill Resources’ (BHR’s) Minas Moatize coal mine...

Mining industry’s recovery to heighten skills challenge

The mining industry is still recovering following the global financial meltdown but has significantly rebounded during the past six months with commodity prices rising to all-time highs in many cases, says local mining and minerals project house...

Company Announcement: TWP Appointed To Complete Feasibility And Design At Minas Moatize Coal Mine In Mozambique

Attached please find a press release on: Engineering project house TWP Projects, in partnership with parent company Basil Read, has been appointed by Beacon Hill Resources Plc (BHR) to complete the definitive feasibility study for the Minas...

Basil Read shares gain on multi-billion rand Debswana contract

Shares in Basil Read rose on Wednesday after it announced that the Majwe joint-venture (JV) had secured a multi-billion rand mining services contract in Botswana. Basil Read climbed more than 7% to a high of R12,69 a share, but closed slightly...

Project house on track for growth

Growth for project house TWP, following an aggressive expansion plan for 2010, has had a slower-than-expected start.

Basil Read begins construction at Grootegeluk mine

Civil engineering and construction group Basil Read has begun the construction of various workshops, a capital yard and the underground parking at diversified South African resources group Exxaro's Grootegeluk Medupi expansion.

Investment 
company to 
pursue sulphide dump processing

Investment firm TWP Investments is exploring opportunities to invest in the Zimbabwean mining industry, with the company particularly interested in gold, rock phosphate, chrome, coal and nickel projects.

Local company to start work on multimillion-rand projects

Construction firm Basil Read has started work on new mining contracts worth over R1-billion, one of which is the biggest-ever single capital commitment in the private sector in Botswana, as part of two separate joint ventures (JVs).