Mintek R&D should aid new mining entrants

Science Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena has reaffirmed government commitment to increasing South Africa’s research and development (R&D) expenditure to over 1% of gross domestic product (GDP) from its current level of about 0,7%.

Gold-miner nails beneficiation colours to Rand Refinery mast

Gold-mining firm Durban Roodepoort Deep (DRD),?which a few years ago invested in a company which was to set up its own refinery in South Africa using mineral-technology parastatal Mintek’s Minataur process, no longer has a stake in this...

Company will sort rock dumps

A multimillion-rand mini tolling plant has been introduced by Tollsort to demonstrate the MikroSort opto-electronic sorting technology on gold rock waste and marginal feed ore and platinum sites.

Launch of metals-recovery empowerment project

A consortium, comprising Mindev, a wholly-owned subsidiary of State-owned minerals researcher Mintek, Atoll, a joint venture between Mintek and Bateman Titaco, private company PGR Investments 17, and Sebeso, a black-empowered joint-venture between...

State agency is willing to swap technology for equity

State minerals and metallurgical research agency, Mintek, is continuing to advance its commercialisation goals and is in the process of identifying projects and businesses in which it may even take an equity stake.

State extends its metallurgical hand

The opening up of mineral rights and the subsequent opportunities this offers for black participation in a traditionally white-dominated sector is an exciting chapter in the South African mining, minerals and metallurgical industry.

State extends its metallurgical hand

The opening up of mineral rights and the subsequent opportunities this offers for black participation in a traditionally white-dominated sector is an exciting chapter in the South African mining, minerals and metallurgical industry.

State agency willing to swop technology for equity

State minerals and metallurgical research agency, Mintek, is continuing to advance its commercialisation goals and is in the process of identifying projects and businesses in which it may even take an equity stake.

Optoelectronic sorting allows for outsourcing opportunity

The opto-electronic sorting of a mine’s minerals looks to be the latest outsourced function in the South African industry following the introduction of a revolutionary new sorting technology by newly-established company Tollsort.

State sets up mineral-beneficiation subsidiary

State metals and minerals researcher Mintek has established a local 100% owned company, Mindev, to support the commercialisation of its technologies in industry and to enable it to be pro-active in carrying out its national mandate to facilitate...