Materials handling equipment specialist BLT WORLD has decided to introduce telescopic belt conveyors, suitable for stacking bulk materials, to the mining industry. According to BLT WORLD, the use... 

In January 2018 High Power Equipment (HPE) Africa partnered with crushing and screening manufacturer McCloskey International and became its exclusive dis-tributor in Southern Africa.  Under the... 

Refurbishing ageing coal-fired power plants while allowing independent power producers (IPPs) to contribute to the grid to make up the difference is the way forward for South Africa’s energy... 

The refurbishment of three stacker reclaimers at a local coal mine is well under way, with transmission solutions company SEW-Eurodrive supplying 39 new drives for the project. Work on the project... 

Industrial equipment supplier Dulpeix Liquid Meters (DLM) offers the advanced motor control (AMC) and efficient pump control (EPC) V-Drives, which are available in ingress protection (IP) or dust... 

Stornoway Diamonds is a leading Canadian diamond exploration and producing company. It owns and operates the Renard Mine, in commercial production operation since 2017. It is the first diamond mine... 

Styldrift’s ramp-up is progressing steadily. 

Engagement between Wafi-Golpu and government on the application for a special mining lease for the Wafi-Golpu project is ongoing. 

An international slowdown in the mining industry over the past few years has led to a more pressing need for technology improvements, says bearings and transmissions products distributor Bearings... 

A pilot plant for the first dry separator in Africa will be installed in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga, and should be operational by the end of the first quarter of 2020, screening and vibrating equipment... 

New to engineering components supplier Bearing Man Group’s (BMG’s) range of belting certified for safe food handling, is the KleenEdge non-fray series. It is developed by conveyer belt solutions... 

Drive engineering company SEW-Eurodrive has supplied 98 MOVITRAC LTP-B inverters for conveyor belts installed for a local e-commerce warehouse, in Johannesburg. SEW-Eurodrive was contracted by... 

The project aims to have cold commissioning concluded in the current quarter. 

Amid current economic pressure, high energy costs and power grid uncertainty, the agriculture sector in South Africa is starting to favour higher capital expenditure on advanced technology because... 

Kore Potash has received a proposal from a French consortium that has identified opportunities to potentially reduce the capital cost of the Kola potash project by $415-million. 

Iron-ore major Fortescue Metals has reported record quarterly shipments for the three months to June, with average revenue per tonne also increasing by 30%, while C1 cash costs have been reduced.... 

Phoenix Copper has appointed mining finance advisory firm Medea Natural Resources as lead financial adviser to arrange up to $70-million for the construction of the Empire mine project. 

SEW-EURODRIVE (Pty) Ltd is a leading manufacturer of gearmotors, gear units, motors, components for decentralised installations, electronically controlled drives, mechanical variable-speed... 

Impact Measurement Solutions (IMS) incorporates machining gear cutting, electrical, instrumentation and automation divisions plc control.  Engineering and Manufacturing 

Surprisingly, this year has seen increased demand for bulk materials handling from the local mining sector, which, South African Institute of Materials Handling (SAIMH) chairperson Adriano... 

Automation and drive specialist SEW-Eurodrive will give visitors to the Africa Automation Fair 2019 a foretaste of its MOVI-C modular automation system, which is readymade for the requirements of... 

Aim-listed W Resources on Tuesday announced the first ore feed to the newly commissioned jig and mill plant at the La Parrilla tungsten mine in Spain. This follows construction completion in April... 

A copper mine located in the south-eastern Andes of Peru, in the province of Chumbivilcas. 

First Quantum Minerals plans to increase production from the Cobre Panama mine to 100-million tonnes a year. 

The Impumelelo mine was opened on April 12. 

Base metals miner First Quantum Minerals is planning a $327-million expansion at its new Cobre Panama mine, raising the throughput rate to 100-million tonnes a year by 2023, the... 

Owing to its large footprint in KwaZulu-Natal, vibration-equipment manufacturer Vipro Vibrating Products caters to the front-end, back-end and packing processes in the sugar processing plant. The... 

The project is under construction. 

Kore Potash has it received an engineering, procurement and construction proposal for the Kola project from a consortium after the February 28 deadline for proposals. 

JSE-listed engineering and construction group Murray & Roberts’ (M&R’s) Cementation Americas, which forms part of the M&R Underground Mining platform, has acquired 100% of Terra Nova Technologies... 

Heavy lift forklift supplier BLT World offers dependable solutions for specific problems at the transfer points of conveyor systems in bulk materials handling, such as grain in the food and... 

A definitive feasibility study has proposed mining of the Kola sylvinite deposit, and the production of about 2.2-million tons a year of muriate of potash over a 33-year mine life. 

The RopeCon® system which transports platinum ore from Booysendal South to the existing processing plant has recently gone into operation. The South African mining company Booysendal Platinum (Pty)... 

A new drilling approach, an artificial intelligence (AI) solution for mineral processing and an Internet of Things (IoT) application for conveyors will go head to head in this weekend's live finale... 

Aligning with Industry 4.0 is no longer optional for the mining industry. Companies are urged to embrace digitalisation and automation for the critical goal to enhance sustainability, productivity... 

MacMines Austasia plans to build and operate a greenfield thermal coal mine and associated infrastructure on the mining lease. 

There needs to be greater impetus on improving the infrastructure that transports coal for domestic use and for export in South Africa. One way of doing so is by dealing with the overuse of road... 

There needs to be greater impetus on improving the infrastructure that transports coal for domestic use and for export in South Africa. One way of doing so is by dealing with the overuse of road... 

The Wafi-Golpu Joint Venture has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Papua New Guinea government as an affirmation of the parties’ intent to proceed with the project. 

A gold mine located in Sonora, Mexico. 

Premium batteries and rotating electrics importer and distributor Probe Corporation added to its distributing services air compressors that provide optimal air compression solutions for local... 

Split roller bearing specialist OE Bearings (OEB) has developed and patented a new sealing solution to prevent costly shaft damage in the event of bearing failure. OEB founder and MD Warwick...