Global furnace group boasts numerous projects

Local furnace supplier Tenova Pyromet is undertaking the design and supply of components for two ferrochrome furnaces for use at the Xstrata-Merafe Lion ferrochrome complex, in Limpopo.

Company Announcement: Thousands of Sydney workers joining mining boom

Thousands of Sydney workers are directly benefiting from the NSW mining industry making it essential that mining in our State is supported by sound government policies

Survey shows strong hiring trend in SA mining

International management and professional recruitment specialist Antal reports that its quarterly survey of hiring and firing trends in some of the world’s most important employment markets, has found that the engineering and mining sector in...

Company Announcement: AkzoNobel to Invest in Growth of Saskatoon Fatty Amines Plant

AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry, a leading supplier of collectors and mineral coating agents for the mining industry, today announced plans to invest in the growth and continued operational excellence of its fatty amines manufacturing plant in...

2011 silver record underpinned by investment, manufacturing

Strong demand from investors and manufacturing drove silver 74% higher to a record $35.12/oz in 2011, according to the ‘World Silver Survey 2012’, released by the Silver Institute on Thursday. The report, researched and compiled by Thomson...

WHIMS with low energy consumption now available to South African market

Engineering and manufacturing company McNally Bharat Engineering Minerals South Africa has made a wet high-intensity magnetic separator (WHIMS), which has been operating successfully on the international market for a number of years now, available...

Consumers still underpinning SA’s growth, bank shows

Consumption was continuing trumping production in South Africa, Absa Investments GM Craig Pheiffer said on Monday. Real retail sales grew by 3.9% year-on-year (y/y) in January and manufacturing grew 4.1% y/y in February, while mining production...

Company Announcement: NSW Budget must focus on public infrastructure investment in our mining regions

Infrastructure investment in our mining regions, funding for exploration, and certainty around royalties must be priorities for the State Government’s next Budget, according to the NSW Minerals Council.

Steel specialist moves to 22 000 m2 premises

Steel plate processing and fabrication specialists VR Laser Services has recently moved to a new 22 000 m2 manufacturing facility, in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, effectively doubling its factory size and enabling it to meet increased...

SA conveyance safety company awarded Mongolian contract

Horne Conveyance Safety, the Canadian subsidiary of the South African Horne Group, has installed Levelok chairing and emergency-braking systems on a cage earmarked for Canada-based international mining company Ivanhoe Mines’ Oyu Tolgoi No 1...

Critical Medupi boiler test to begin within two months

The hydrostatic pressure test of the Medupi power station’s Unit 6 boiler pressure parts should begin within the coming two months, Hitachi Power Africa has confirmed. CEO Johannes Musel tells Engineering News Online that the test will signal...

Energy efficient drill in the final stages of development

Local drill equipment provider Schwalbe is in the process of developing a new electric drill for the mining industry and expects the next prototype to be completed and tested in June.