West African mining sector seeks international partnerships to grow industry

Gold-rich Ghana’s capital city, Accra, will host the tenth West African Mining and Power Exhibition (Wampex), which, this year will continue to focus on international partnerships needed for the development of infrastructure to exploit the...

Coaltrans highlights Southern Africa’s changing coal industry

Coal industry training and conference provider Coaltrans Conferences will be expanding its scope beyond South Africa to examine the developments that are transforming Southern Africa’s coal sector, at this year’s Coaltrans Southern Africa.

Mineral sands demand increases, supply remains static

The global demand for mineral sands and the products made from them is growing steadily, while the supply has remained stagnant, says local miner Exxaro Resources mineral sands and base metals commodity division executive GM Trevor Arran.

Mining contractor launches dedicated Australian coal division

Redpath, one of the world’s major mining contractors, has launched a dedicated Australian coalmining division with the aim of becoming one of the country’s leading mining contractors.

Additional management appointed at Minas Moatize

Aim-listed Beacon Hill Resources (BHR) has appointed additional senior management role-players at its Minas Moatize coal mine, in Tete, Mozambique, in preparation for the mine’s ramp up next year.

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.

Resources-linked Chinese group takes stake in South African project engineering firm

South African project engineering company ProMet Engineers Africa (ProMet Africa) has merged with a large Chinese enterprise, Dadi Engineering Development (Dadi), it was formally announced in Johannesburg last week. The new company is ProMet Dadi...

New Kalahari manganese start-up appoints CEO, CFO

The latest Kalahari manganese miner is lining up its executive and contracting teams. Hot on the heels of Aveng Moolmans signing a R1.35-billion openpit mining contract for the Tshipi Borwa mine, in the Northern Cape, comes the announcement that...

Local project engineers merge with Chinese group

South African project engineering company ProMet Engineers Africa (ProMet Africa) has merged with a large Chinese enterprise, Dadi Engineering Development (Dadi), it was formally announced in Johannesburg on Thursday. The new company is ProMet...

Miscellaneous

Tenders arising from a range of sectors

Exxaro’s Grootegeluk Medupi expansion project to start production in latter half of 2012

South African diversified miner Exxaro Resources is eyeing its next major coal project as the company forges ahead with bringing home the Grootegeluk Medupi expansion project (GMEP), in Limpopo.

Largest surface-top hammer drill rig commissioned in Africa

Mining and construction engineering group Sandvik commissioned its DPi series of surface-top hammer drill rigs at stone miner Independent Quarries in East London, Eastern Cape, in June.