Engineering contractor completes design for coal-washing plant

The multidisciplinary detail process and engineering design for Exxaro’s coal-washing plant with respect to the Grootegeluk Medupi expansion project has been successfully completed by South African construction major Engineering and projects...

Group believes IT can offer miners a composite business view from

A leading South African information-technology (IT) group is working on solutions designed to facilitate the introduction of virtual infrastructure able to create a ‘single view’ across a mining enterprises, from geology through to...

Frequency inverter drive series meets demanding applications

he frequency inverter drives of the new FR-A700 series from Mitsubishi Electric are high-end units designed for demanding modern mechanical and plant engineering applications.

New tech links pyrotechnic blasting and electronic blast control

For the first time in South African mining history, it is believed that the narrow reef industry can now enjoy the benefits of centralised electronic blasting systems, irrespective of whether it conducts blasting operations with new electronic...

Three new blasting technologies to increase safety and efficiency

Increasing costs and competition in underground operations have driven South African mines towards greater mechanisation in their constant efforts to improve production proficiency.