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Tenders for work in the rest of Africa excluding South Africa

Coal processing body optimistic about domestic industry’s future

Yearly coal exports through the Richards Bay coal terminals over the past few years have surpassed all other minerals in foreign-currency-earnings terms, and have provided an economic model which should sustain the coal-mining and -processing...

Contract mining in SA alive and well

The need for contract mining is abundant and will remain so as long as the mining industry requires skills that are not available in-house, with mining houses expected to rely more on outsourcing when starting new operations, says explosives...

Emigration causes decline in mining skills

The activity level of the contract mining and outsourcing industry is increasing but the skilled labour shortage remains a major challenge as experts are still leaving South Africa for political and safety reasons says mining contractor Redpath...

Private-sector participation in rail, port capacity expansion vital – TFR

The participation of industry in State-owned Transnet Freight Rail’s (TFR’s) seven-year, R300-billion rail and port capacity expansion programme will be a critical determinant of its success, TFR commodities and key accounts GM Divyesh Kalan...

Zeta underground copper mine project, Botswana

The Zeta project will see the construction of an integrated opencut and underground mine, producing an average 1.5-million tons a year.

Eskom leans on incentives, voluntary savings as buy-backs near end

The power buy-back scheme instituted for large customers by Eskom, in December, will expire at the end of May, following which the State-owned utility will rely mainly on its demand market participation (DMP) and demand response aggregator (DRA)...

Mowana copper concentrate production interrupted

Mineral exploration and development group African Copper said Tuesday that the ball mill pinion shaft at its Mowana mine, in Botswana, had failed. The company said the failure and resultant damage had rendered the ball mill inoperable and...

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Firestone finds three large diamonds at Lesotho mine

Aim-listed diamond mining and exploration company Firestone Diamonds has recovered three large stones at its Liqhobong mine, in Lesotho, including an unbroken 74 ct light yellow diamond. The 74 ct diamond, found in April, is the largest recovered...

Fraser Alexander celebrating 100 years of service to mining

South Africa’s Fraser Alexander, which has been providing customised solutions to the mining industry since 1912, this year celebrates 100 years of service to the resources sector. Fraser Alexander and his cousin Fred Alexander founded the...