Inyanda coal plant successfully commissioned

Process plant design company DRA Minerals Projects (DRA) has successfully commissioned the Inyanda coal washing plant. DRA was awarded the R116 million project in January 2007 and took 18 months to complete the 360 t/h crushing, dense media (DM)...

On-The-Air (21/11/2008)

In this broadcast: South Africans are helping to build a large new harbour in the Middle East; A June 2009 start-up is planned for Johannesburg’s new rapid transit bus system; South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) is pressing...

Environmental groups spearhead AMD resolution

Environmental group the Western Basin Environmental Corporation (WBEC) and subsidiary of Watermark Global, the Western Utilities Corporation (WUC), are making progress in resolving and reversing the contamination of water sources in and around the...

SA mining industry neglecting R&D, warns CSIR

OVER the past 15 years the South African mining industry’s support for research and development (R&D) has declined to levels that the Council for Scientifc and Industrial Research (CSIR) describes as “trivial.” Moreover, “no national...

Is mechanisation of SA's narrow-reef mines a pipe dream or probability?

Mechanised mining of South Africa’s tabular narrow-reef mineral deposits has been on the to-do list of mining majors for years, but whether or not it can be effectively achieved in deep-level mining is a moot point. Diversified miner Xstrata...

Is mechanising South Africa’s narrow reefs a pipe dream or probability?

Mechanised mining of South Africa’s tabular narrow-reef mineral deposits has been on the to-do list of mining majors for years, but whether or not it can be effectively achieved in deep-level mining is a moot point.

Trapped-miner location equipment developed

A newly developed trapped miner locator system is capable of locating trapped workers at the onset of the search and continuously tracking the miners’ during the process. The system was developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial...

Mine water treatment plant under way

The wastewater treatment demonstration plant to be built at Anglo Coal’s operations in the Emalahlehi municipality using the GypSLiM process, is under way, and product recovery as well as industrial waste recycling company Sulphide Tech process...

New x-ray machine settles dust around silicosis

The advent of an x-ray diffraction (XRD) machine promises to enhance research into the harmful affects of silica dust on mine workers, in deep-level gold mines in South Africa.

Mine locomotive accidents explained

The study into the occurrence of mine locomotive accidents by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) attempted to explain the events leading to underground mine accidents.

Explosives company sets new world record

Explosives company bme, part of the Omnia Group, has set a new world record at an opencast coal mine in the Middelburg area, Mpumalanga, using its electronic delay detonator (EDD) system deltaDet.

New equipment to assist in the drive to combat silicosis

To improve the quality and speed up the laboratory analysis of silica dust, a health hazard in the mining industry, parastatal science council the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has acquired the Bruker D8 Advance, an x-ray...