Renard predevelopment starts with $28.4m budget

TSX-listed diamond junior Stornoway Diamond Corp on Wednesday said it had allocated a predevelopment budget of $28.4-million to develop Quebec’s first diamond mine, the Renard project.

Sandpiper phosphate project, Namibia

A number of key activities remain ongoing and are intended to be completed at the Sandpiper project in 2012.

$500m bankable feasibility study awarded for manganese project

The ±$500-million bankable feasibility study for manganese explorer Amari Manganese’s Kongoni project, located within the Kalahari manganese field in the Northern Cape, has been awarded to minerals processing and project management company MDM...

Kolomela project passes 18-million LTI-free hours

Engineering Consultancy Hatch reports that it has just passed 18-million lost-time injury- (LTI-) free hours at iron-ore producer Kumba Iron Ore’s Kolomela mine, in the Northern Cape, for which it is the engineering, procurement and construction...

Shondoni coal project, South Africa

The project will see the construction of a new mine to replace output from Sasol’s mature Middelpunt coal mine.

Frischgewaagd-Ledig platinum project, South Africa

The development activities aimed at transforming the Frischgewaag-Ledig project into the next major platinum-group metals mine are under way.

Impala No 16 shaft, South Africa

Impala Platinum has reported that shaft sinking has been completed and shaft equipping is in progress with production remaining on schedule for 2014.

Impala No 20 shaft project, South Africa

Impala No 20 Shaft has achieved its targeted rate and production,following a decision to delay production and ramp-up by 12 months in June 2011.

Namoya heap-leach gold project, Democratic Republic of Congo

MDM Engineering has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction management contract for the Namoya gold project.

Thembelani 2 shaft platinum replacement project, South Africa

Anglo Platinum has reported that further evaluation assessments are under way at the Thembelani 2 shaft project.

TWP Projects opens first Northern Cape office

Increased iron-ore demand by China, as well as ongoing engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) activities at the Sishen iron-ore mine in Kathu, in the Northern Cape, has impelled the expansion of a regional centre for turnkey...

Study confirms potential of 2.2Mt/y Mozambique coal mine - Beacon Hill

Aim-listed Beacon Hill Resources (BHR) has completed a definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its Minas Moatize project, in Mozambique, which confirmed a “technically and economically robust” coal mine. The mine, in the Tete province, would...