Iron-ore line’s train power distribution system upgraded

Global locomotive supplier, GE Transportation, has completed the installation of a distributed power system, Locotrol on the Orex iron-ore line, which enables the increase of the line’s freight capacity.

Wireless technologies improve mine safety

Information and communications technology companies GijimaAst’s mining division (GMSI) and Tronimex Data Technologies have partnered to develop a locally innovated Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)-based management system that is currently...

Khumami (formerly Bruce, King and Mokaning mine)

The project will involve the establishment of a new mine on the farms Bruce, King and Mokaning (BKM) adjacent to Kumba’s Sishen mine. The BKM mine will substantially replace Beeshoek mine near Postmasburg. The proposed BKM mine is expected to...