Ausenco awarded A$250m Kwale contract

Mineral sands developer Base Resources has awarded fellow listed project house Ausenco with a A$250-million engineering, procurement, construction and management (EPCM) contract for the Kwale project, in Kenya. The Ausenco minerals and metals...

Grootegeluk Medupi expansion project, South Africa

Exxaro Resources has reported that the construction of the Grootegeluk Medupi expansion project continues to progress to deliver first coal in May 2012.

Joy Global Africa invests in new distribution facility

Mining equipment maker Joy Global Africa will invest R70-million in a new distribution centre at its Wadeville Centre of Excellence Plant, in Germiston, east of Johannesburg. At the sod-turning event on Thursday, logistics and distribution...

Base-metals sector shows increased interest in modular plants

Engineering project house Bateman Engineering’s modular plant division has experienced a significant increase in interest from the base-metals sector.

Africa rich with mineral resources, projects prosper

Africa is a source of various mineral resources, most of which have yet to be exploited. As a result, the continent has attracted the attention of international mining companies that seek to take advantage of this abundant wealth.

Ranger mine, Australia

An openpit mine situated in Australia.

Company Announcement: 65% jump in Jambreiro iron ore resource to 116.5Mt

Maiden JORC ore reserve & pre-feasibility study results due in November 2011

Company uses design optimisation tools to reduce project costs

Escalating project costs in the materials handling sector are a challenge across the board, reports materials handling company ThyssenKrupp Materials Handling (TKMH), a division of ThyssenKrupp PDNA Engineering.

Enhanced study shows stronger Kenya mineral sands project – Base

The Kwale mineral sands project in Kenya, where production is expected to start in 2013, has an estimated development cost of $256-million, Australian junior Base Resources said on Friday. The ASX-listed company recently completed an enhanced...

Company Announcement: Major processing breakthrough for Roper River Iron Ore Project delivers 61% Fe product

Attached please find a press release on: Sherwin Iron Limited (ASX: SHD) is pleased to announce that fresh metallurgical testwork on the oolitic hematite from its Roper River Iron Ore Project (Project) in the Northern Territory using a simpler...

Hazelwood announces tungsten resource for Mount Mulgine

ASX-listed explorer Hazelwood Resources has declared a maiden tungsten mineral resource estimate of 8,2-million tons, grading 0,21% tungsten for its Mount Mulgine Hill deposit, in Western Australia. The Mount Mulgine Hill resource boosted...

An update on Exxaro's Grootegeluk Medupi expansion project

The objective of the Exxaro Grootegeluk Medupi expansion project is to provide 14,6-million tons of coal a year to State-owned power utility Eskom's Medupi power station. This will be achieved through the expansion of the current Grootegeluk...