$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...

Lace diamond project, South Africa

DiamondCorp has unveiled a revised mine development plan for the Lace project.

MDM awarded DRC process, project management contract

Minerals process and project management company MDM Engineering has been awarded an engineering procurement and construction management contract for a dense media separation (DMS) plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Russian X-ray technology for South African diamond industry

Engineering firm SNC–Lavalin and recovery plant support and consulting services company Impulelo Technologies have partnered to introduce Russian modular high-tonnage diamond X-ray treatment plants into the South African diamond industry.

Lace diamond project, South Africa

DiamondCorp estimates that it will cost between R100-million and R126-million to bring the Lace diamond mine into full production.

Bateman clinches Iran, Russian DMS plant contracts as orders soar

Diversified engineer and project house Bateman Engineering reports that its modular plant business has seen a considerable upswing in orders over the fourth quarter of 2010, with a number of new contracts being awarded.

Perkoa zinc project, Burkina Faso

The joint venture agreement for the Perkoa zinc project was completed and became effective November 22, 2010.

SA engineering firm successfully commissions DMS plant in Iran

South African engineering company Bateman Engineering has successfully commissioned the 30-t/hr dense media separation (DMS) modular plant it supplied to the Asechin Ara Company for the preconcentration of zinc/lead carbonate-bearing ore from the...

Namakwa Diamonds targets fourfold production increase

Africa-focused Namakwa Diamonds plans to raise its output to between 316 000 ct and 370 000 ct in the 2011 financial year, CEO Nico Kruger said on Thursday. Production for the 2010 financial year, ended August 31, 2010, increased by 77% to 82 925...

Minerals processing magic at show

One of South Africa’s leading extractive metallurgical equipment suppliers, Multotec, sums up its core activities with a tongue-in-cheek expression: ‘You mine, we will help you refine’.

Agreement signed to supply coal processing 
equipment

Global mining equipment supplier Metso Mining & Construction Technology and Jim Harrison Design Associates (JHDA), a coal processing project house, have signed an agreement to supply coal processing equipment to the industry.



Mowana mine’s output improving, reports African Copper

Botswana-focused miner African Copper would continue to make improvements to the plant at its flagship Mowana mine, with the implementation of additional mobile crushers already paying off. The mine had produced 6,4-million tons of copper...