Company Announcement: Central Coast women encouraged to consider a career in mining

Women and young people on the Central Coast who are considering their career options are being urged to think about joining the NSW mining industry.

Sentula headline earnings flat, CEO sees volatile period ahead

JSE-listed mining services provider and coal miner Sentula Mining on Friday reported a R230-million loss for the half-year ended September 30, despite a 10% revenue increase to R1.35-billion. Headline earnings, which strip out certain one-off...

Company Announcement: Reviewed condensed consolidated interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2011

Global economic uncertainty and its impact on local mining, continues to affect the rate of recovery and sustainable growth in resource and energy sectors.

Renewed interest in vibrating mill technology

Vibrating mills are attracting renewed interest across the mining industry as an increasingly viable alternative for milling applications for fine and ultra-fine comminution of materials.

Australian miners slam 'xenophobic' Greens party statements

The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) on Wednesday slammed the Greens party as being xenophobic, after leader Bob Brown said that Australians own just 17% of the local mining companies. Speaking at the National Press Club, Brown said that...

Superalloy maker is stimulating production of higher-quality metals in South Africa

South African specialist alloy producer Avalloy is actively working with local mining companies to increase the amount of very high quality metals they can supply to the superalloy manufacturer. “At this point, we cannot buy all our materials...

New player enters the pump market

Nozzle and pump supplier Monitor Engineering (Monitor) is focusing on providing new chemical pumps to the local mining and power-generation industries imported from pump manufacturer Wanner Engineering in the US.

Budget hole forces Poland to sell stake in mining company

The Polish government has sold some 10% of local mining company KGHM Polska Miedz, Europe’s largest, and the world’s sixth-largest, copper producer. The company is also the world’s number two silver producer, responsible for 7,34% of global...

German firm to demonstrate mine water treatment system in South Africa

German-based water solutions company Ankon Protec (APT) has developed a four-step acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment system, the Simon-Process. APT is currently finalising a partner or partners in South Africa to demonstrate the flexibility and...

Home-grown thermal drying expertise

The Drytech story started in 1981 when founder Harry Traub identified a need in the local market for technically sound thermal drying solutions.

Magnetic sorting range added to sensor-based sorting systems

Building on its expertise in sensor-based mineral sorting, materials handling specialist IMS Engineering has partnered with German separation technology expert, Steinert Elektromagnetbau, in order to market systems using magnetic technologies.

Vale buys Brazilian mining rights for $145m

The world's biggest producer of iron ore, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale) has agreed to buy mining and surface rights in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, the firm said on Monday,