Centralised blasting promotes safety in mining

Blasting solutions company AEL Mining Services has significantly reduced the amount of time deep-level mining crews are exposed to possible fall-of-ground (FoG) conditions, with its proven centralised blasting system (CBS).

Company Announcement: Successful Completion Of Ec&I Tailings Supply And Installation Contract At Gold Fields’ South Deep Mine

Wade Walker, one of the largest electrical, control and instrumentation (EC&I) contractors in the mining industry, has successfully completed a significant 95 000 man-hour contract for the supply and installation of electrical equipment and...

Fibre optics enables temperature mapping

Consulting engineering and project implementation firm Hatch reports it has developed a Tapblock Fibre Optic Temperature Measurement System that provides accurate temperature readings from previously inaccessible locations inside a furnace. Hatch...

Real Economy Report

This is the Real Economy Report. Our top stories this week: we look at the construction of the Seacom undersea cable; we look at South Africa's military information and communications technology sector; and, we speak to the head of the South...

Gold miner receives automated dewatering pump control system

Energy services company HVAC International appointed engineering company Iritron to complete the installation of an automated dewatering pump control system for Shaft 7 on gold-miner Goldfields' Kloof mine, in Glen Harvie.

Miscellaneous

Tenders arising from a range of sectors

Real Economy Report

From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report. Our top stories this week: technology group Reunert expects future demand for fibre optic cables to increase, the IFC's aim to boost private sector investment into...

ABB wins $15m DRC order

Power and automation technology group ABB has won a $15-million contract for a new copper and cobalt refinery in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Africa

Tenders for work in the rest of Africa excluding South Africa

Africa

Tenders for work in the rest of Africa excluding South Africa

On-The-Air (23/03/2007)

In this broadcast: Someone called Brad Mills burst onto SA mining scene to create 'San Francisco'; Three more stations for Gautrain; Solution to relieving congestion of traffic in Gauteng.

New blasting system for Mponeng

A partnership between Sasol Nitro and AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng mine has led to the development of a blasting system which is a hybrid of traditional shock-tube technology, combined with state-of-the-art electronic systems.