Burnstone FY production falls short of guidance

Great Basin Gold (GBG) continues to face challenges in the production build-up programme at its Burnstone mine in South Africa, it reported on Monday, as production from the mine fell 6 000 oz short of its revised guidance. The mine, near...

A brief look at SA’s coal-mining industry

Most coal production in South Africa - about 53% - is from opencast mines, with the balance being produced by bord-and-pillar (40%), stoping (4%) and longwall mining (3%). Coal mining operations are clustered in the country’s Mpumalanga...

Daily podcast – December 1, 2009

The construction of the power infrastructure necessary to supply the Burnstone mine will start in January 2010; and Teck Resources expects to restart the lead production line at its Trail, British Columbia, refinery on Wednesday.

Great Basin reports power-infrastructure progress in SA

JSE- and TSX-listed Great Basin Gold reported on Monday that the construction of the power infrastructure necessary to supply its Burnstone mine, in South Africa, would start in January 2010. The design work on the first two lines between the...

Valve manufacturer meets cross-industry needs

Valve manufacturer KSB Pumps and Valves is well known in the mining industry for its wide variety of mining related valves. The mining valves supplied are suitable for abrasive and aggressive products. The company also focuses on supplying valves,...

Local design and manufacture pay off

Alstom Large Motors’ commitment to local manufacture and in-house expertise has paid off handsomely for this leading supplier of medium voltage motors.

Eskom coal demand set to grow by 10m tons a year

Electricity utility Eskom Holdings’ plans to recommission three of the five coal-fired power stations it mothballed in the early 1990s during the next six years is set to increase its demand for thermal coal by up to ten-million tons a year.

Powering coal

Electricity utility Eskom Holdings’ plans to recommission three of the five coal-fired power stations it mothballed in the early 1990s during the next six years is set to increase its demand for thermal coal by up to ten-million tons a year.