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Contract mining in SA alive and well

The need for contract mining is abundant and will remain so as long as the mining industry requires skills that are not available in-house, with mining houses expected to rely more on outsourcing when starting new operations, says explosives...

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Tender work arising from state contracts

Botswana diamond hub ‘perfectly timed’, says De Beers’ Shine

The transfer of diamond company De Beers’ sales and aggregation activities from its diamond-trading centre (DTC) in London to the DTC Botswana (DTCB) is timed perfectly to fill the current supply-demand gap in the diamond industry, DTCB MD Varda...

The long walk to economic freedom

As is the case across the globe, Canadian mining firms face the challenge of ensuring greater participation in their activities by indigenous communities. In Canada the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) serves as the national political...

Xstrata injects R19.5m into engineering research, study centre

Diversified miner Xstrata has given R19.5-million for engineering research and the construction of an engineering study centre at the University of Pretoria (UP). Some R12-million would be immediately available for the construction of the centre...

Project and portfolio manager completing major contracts

Work on the project control office for diversified miner Exxaro’s Grootgeluk Medupi expansion project, near Lephalale, Limpopo, will be completed soon, says Enterprise project management solution provider UMT Consulting South Africa.

Xstrata sells two Mpumalanga coal assets

Diversified miner Xstrata has completed the sale of two Mpumalanga collieries to black economic-empowered (BEE) group Imbawula, for an undisclosed amount. The transaction had effect from January 1, seeing Imbawula acquiring, as going concerns,...

Event has raised global profile of Cape Town and the convention centre

Hosting the Investing in African Mining Indaba, an event of significant interest to the mining industry, has raised the global profile of Cape Town and the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) and has had an influential role in...

Company Announcement:MICROMINE receives Gold Partner Certification

Leading mining software and solutions provider, MICROMINE, has been awarded Microsoft Gold Partner Certification as an Independent Software Vendor.

Royal Bafokeng Platinum launches enterprise development pilot project

Black-owned and controlled, mid-tier platinum group metals producer Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) is proud to be a part of the enterprise development pilot project run by outsourcing company Micro Enterprise Development Organisation (Medo),...

Mining firm developing courses to meet the industry’s skills requirements

Mining company Mukundi Mining Resources has started developing accredited training courses specifically to meet the mining industry’s skill requirements.