Modular plant expert brings its talents ashore

Cape Town-based design, engineering and project management firm PBA Projects (PBAP) is taking its experience with modular plants in the marine diamond-mining industry and bringing it ashore.

Daily podcast – November 23, 2009

A JV between De Beers and AngloGold Ashanti expects to start its first underwater drilling for gold in the second quarter of next year; and strikers at Chile's Spence copper mine vote to end a prolonged stoppage.

Miners eye sea as land resources diminish

The diminishing nature of some land-based mineral resources (the resource determines where you mine and whether you mine – not a nongovernmental organisation focus which is, in fact, a welcome interest) has increased the importance of marine...

Miners eye sea as land resources diminish

The diminishing nature of some land-based mineral resources, [the resource determines where you mine and whether you mine - not an NGO focus which is in fact a welcome interest] has increased the importance of marine mining and has reignited the...

AngloGold forms marine mining JV with De Beers

JSE-listed gold-miner AngloGold Ashanti and diamond giant De Beers have formed a joint venture (JV) to explore for gold and other minerals in the ocean, the two companies announced on Monday. The JV would initially focus on exploration, but would...

Company proposes mill 
to audit diamond tailings

Mineral processing and materials handling equipment supplier Ludowici is currently proposing the use of its Hicom mill to audit diamond mine tailings, says Ludowici Africa GM Mark Houchin.

Hydraulics enterprise supplies solution to De Beers Marine

Hydraulics and automation enterprise Afripower, trading as Hytec, in June completed a project for marine-mining unit of world number-one diamond producer, De Beers Marine, involving the design, supply and commissioning of several hydraulic...

Opportunity for research

Diamond miner De Beers, a key player in the marine diamond industry of the west coast of Southern Africa, recognised that its participation in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) programme would be important for the outcomes of the...

World-standard environmental monitoring for new mining activities

The South African marine-mining unit of world number-one diamond producer, De Beers Marine (DBM), has implemented an ISO14001-certified Environmental Management System (EMS) to manage the impacts of its operations and has an Environmental...

De Beers Marine, union ink wage deal

The marine-mining unit of world number-one diamond producer De Beers Marine and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) struck a wage deal on Monday, where workers would receive increases of between 8,5% and 10%, the two said in a joint statement.

Marine vessel mill meets performance guarantees

The roller supported mill (RSM) that was installed by diversified engineering company Bateman Engineered Technologies (BET) has passed through its 12-month warranty period successfully, meeting its process guarantees.

Marine mining vessel chartered to diamond project

South African diamond miner Trans Hex has entered into a short-term charter contract with De Beers Marine to provide a deep-water mining vessel to conduct diamond-sampling activities off the Namibian coast.