Kromdraai water treatment plant follows success of eMalahleni

A modular mine water treatment plant developed by Aveng Water, a subsidiary of infrastructure group Aveng, is being installed at coal-mining major Anglo American Thermal Coal’s Kromdraai opencast mine, following the company's success at the...

Consultancy expands to service underground mining operations

To provide a wider consulting service offering, mining consultancy VBKom Consulting Engineers this year plans to include underground mining and rehabilitation planning in its area of expertise.

Mining major developing ten-year water strategy

As a result of more than 80% of mining giant Anglo American’s international operations and planned projects being located in water-stressed basins, the company has developed a three-staged, ten-year strategy aimed at reducing its impact on...

Zibulo coal mine, South Africa

Anglo American's Zibulo colliery will reach its targeted output of eight-million tons a year by the third quarter of this year.

Anglo launches R4.2bn Zibulo coal mine, to reach full output in Q3

Diversified miner Anglo American's newly launched R4.2-billion Zibulo Colliery near Ogies, in Mpumalanga, will reach its targeted output of eight-million tons a year by the third quarter of this year, thermal coal CEO Norman Mbazima said...

New model enhances sample integrity

Multotec, a South African supplier of products and services to the mining, minerals beneficiation and power generation industries, has added a new model to its cross belt sampling systems that eliminates spillage and enhances sample integrity...

UNFCCC endorses eMalahleni water reclamation plant

The eMalahleni water reclamation plant in the Witbank Coalfields was the only mining initiative to be endorsed by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Momentum for Change Initiative at the COP 17 meeting in Durban,...

Middelburg mine, South Africa

A BHP controlled mine located in Mpumalanga.

Wescoal buys stake in Pegasus project near Witbank

JSE-listed Wescoal has snapped up a 51% stake in the Pegasus project, which is considered to be the last high-grade coal deposit in the Witbank coalfields, it announced on Monday. Wescoal, led by CEO André Boje, offered to buy 51% in...

Optimum buys coal prospect from BHP Billion for R235m

South Africa's sixth-largest thermal coal producer Optimum Coal reported on Friday that it had acquired BHP Billiton Energy Coal South Africa’s Remhoogte prospecting rights for R235-million. The JSE-listed miner said the acquisition formed part...

BHP Billiton continues as the hardest hat in global mining

Around the turn of the millennium, the bosses of Billiton, then an ambitious South African mining company, sat in the lobby of a big fund manager waiting to talk up their firm’s prospects. At first they were welcomed warmly. But their hosts’...

Rapid growth of Africa’s mining industry to continue into the future

The company reports that it has placed itself squarely at the centre of the current mining boom, building a strong reputation on some of the continent’s largest mining projects. The company has provided expertise in mine engineering, development...