SA seals mines to curb illegal miners

South Africa has set up a task team to seal access points at mines in a bid to stem a resurgence in illegal mining, the Mineral Resources Minister said on Thursday. On Wednesday at least three illegal miners were killed and 18 others trapped...

Rescue sensors deployed at N Cape mine to find survivors

A specialist mine rescue services proto-team has installed a trapped persons location device at diamond miner De Beers’ Bontekoe mine, in Kleinzee, in the Northern Cape, to locate trapped illegal miners. Mine rescue teams were attempting to...

De Beers mounts rescue bid for trapped illegal Namaqua diamond diggers

Diamond miner De Beers has mounted a rescue bid for at least seven illegal diamond diggers who are trapped in illegally excavated tunnels at De Beers' Namaqua diamond mines in the Northern Cape. De Beers and Namaqualand Mines said that the...

Developments in Namibian mining indicate growth of sector

The Namibian Minister of Environment and Tourism has given environmental clearance to Australia-based uranium explorer Deep Yellow for its 95%-owned Shiyela iron-ore project.



Mining a key component in Namibia’s economy

Namibia’s mining sector generated $1.6-billion in mining export earnings during 2011, contributing about 11% to the country’s gross domestic product, with the country’s buoyed uranium mining sector forecast to be the single largest mining...

Consultancy aiming to grow to accommodate more complex projects

Mining projects being established at remote locations need to be much larger than those operating in areas with existing infrastructure to justify capital investment in supporting infrastructure and, therefore, require higher production rates.

Botswana diamond hub ‘perfectly timed’, says De Beers’ Shine

The transfer of diamond company De Beers’ sales and aggregation activities from its diamond-trading centre (DTC) in London to the DTC Botswana (DTCB) is timed perfectly to fill the current supply-demand gap in the diamond industry, DTCB MD Varda...

Initiative seeks to improve headgear quality

Engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) project house TWP, which is a member of the Mining Structures working group committee for the South African National Standards (Sans), is strongly advocating the adoption of South African...

Anglo copper up 21%, coal, diamonds struggle

Diversified miner Anglo American on Thursday said commodity production across its portfolio of global operations had mostly increased during the first quarter, except for coal and diamonds. In its first quarter production report, released on...

Botswana Diamonds ‘well placed to successfully explore’ – Teeling

London-listed diamond junior Botswana Diamonds is “well placed” to successfully execute its exploration projects, chairperson John Teeling said on Friday. The company, which is exploring in Botswana, Cameroon and Zimbabwe, had “good ground,...

Anglo American sees M&A as ‘strategic priority’ – Parker

Diversified mining group Anglo American continued to examine merger and acquisition opportunities as a “strategic priority” in driving value in core commodities, said chairperson Sir John Parker. Last year, the group bought the Oppenheimer...

Namdeb seeks tax changes on 'project-by-project' basis

Namdeb, the Namibian joint venture between diamond giant De Beers and the government of that country, is seeking to pay less taxes at some of its less profitable operations, MD Inge Zaamwani said on Tuesday. Speaking in an interview with Mining...