Gearboxes for 
Namibian mine

Gearbox technology provider Hansen Transmissions South Africa (HTSA), which is a subsidiary of Belgium-based Hansen Industrial Transmissions, has supplied seven gearboxes to a South African mining technology company for a mine in Namibia.

Diamond sales pick up, India demand grows

The first cycle of diamond auctions for 2012 was met with solid improvements in demand across all product categories and geographies, said Neil Ventura, the CEO of rough diamond trader Diamdel, a De Beers group company. Demand at Diamdel’s...

Company Announcement: Chance to Acquire Specialised Valve Engineering business

CH Valves was established by Helmut Feldmann, after he emigrated from Switzerland, and has developed into a most lucrative business and Brand in its specialised niche manufacturing field of a valve product range of all sizes and applications.

Molycorp says Chile's Molymet buys 13% of company for $390m

Rare earths producer Molycorp said on Wednesday Chile’s Molibdenos y Metales (Molymet) would buy 12.5-million shares of the Greenwood Village, Colorado-based company for $390-million – a 10% premium to the volume weighted average trading price...

Zinkgruvan mine, Sweden

A zinc, lead and silver mine situated in Sweden.

Power packs for Morupule colliery

Industrial gearbox designer, manufacturer and supplier Hansen Transmissions South Africa (HTSA), a local subsidiary of the Belgium-based Hansen Industrial Transmissions has successfully delivered 34 industrial gearboxes to the Morupule Colliery,...

Company Announcement: SKF’s SONL Housings and lubrication for smoother conveying at leading mine

Industrial gear technology and mechanical power transmission specialist, Hansen Transmissions South Africa, (local subsidiary of the Belgium based Hansen Industrial Transmissions) enlisted SKF South Africa’s engineering expertise and product...

Company Announcement: TINCO completes placing to raise £8 million and widen shareholder base

TINCO Investments Ltd, the vertically integrated tin mining and exploration company focussed on Africa, is pleased to announce the completion of a placing of £8 million in the form of a two year convertible loan note.

Manufacturer expands pumping power in Europe

German-based pumps manufacturer Tsurumi Pumps has introduced four of its largest and most powerful contractor pumps to Europe, meeting the increased demand for powerful, reliable and robust pumping solutions.

IC Potash courts partners for New Mexico project

TSX-listed IC Potash is in talks with “quite a few” companies to partner on its Ochoa project in New Mexico, and hopes to have an agreement penned within the next 12 months, CEO Sidney Himmel told Mining Weekly Online. The company aim to...

Renard diamond values leap by 56% since 2009

Stornoway Diamond Corporation has seen the value of the gems sampled from its Renard project in Quebec jump by 56% since they were last valued in September 2009, the company said on Monday. Belgium-based WWW International Diamond Consultants...

SA urged to tap into Asian diamond market, whose demand could exceed local gem output

Diamond beneficiation company Matla Beneficiation, part of the Matla group, reports that demand from Asia, particularly China and India, could exceed local production, even if Asia was the only market that South Africa supplied.