Fraser Alexander celebrating 100 years of service to mining

South Africa’s Fraser Alexander, which has been providing customised solutions to the mining industry since 1912, this year celebrates 100 years of service to the resources sector. Fraser Alexander and his cousin Fred Alexander founded the...

Company Announcement: A new website to dispel the myths about mining and land use

The NSW Minerals Council has today launched a new website to outline the facts about mining in NSW and to dispel myths being perpetuated about the minerals sector.

$500m bankable feasibility study awarded for manganese project

The ±$500-million bankable feasibility study for manganese explorer Amari Manganese’s Kongoni project, located within the Kalahari manganese field in the Northern Cape, has been awarded to minerals processing and project management company MDM...

Company Announcement: Schneider Electric SA helps mining, metal and mineral companies optimise asset efficiency

The mining, minerals processing and metals industry is typically described as asset intensive. The costs of fixed assets are high and therefore organisations are faced with the ongoing challenge of increasing performance of existing assets....

Minerals processing company awarded contract in Ghana

Minerals processing and project management company MDM Engineering (MDM) has been awarded the Gold Fields Ghana Limited (GFGL) contract for their Tarkwa project in Ghana, which will include the provision of services for the carbon-in-leach (CIL)...

Shift to bigger milling equipment

Plummeting ore grades in the local mining arena have created the impetus to increase the size of milling equipment in minerals processing.

Feasibility study for a new CIL gold plant awarded

Minerals processing and project management company MDM Engineering has been awarded the feasibility study for a 2.4-million-ton-a-year carbon-in-leach (CIL) gold plant, which will treat reclaimed tailings and current-flotation unrefined tailings...

Company Announcement: Mintek conducts Ozone research

Attached please find a press release on: With a history extending as far back as 1934, Mintek has become a leading provider of minerals processing and metallurgical engineering products and services to industries world-wide. Mintek is committed to...

Optimistic mining future for Australia

The outlook for the Australian mining industry is optimistic and strong, owing to its abundant mineral resources, skilled industry professionals, advanced extraction processes and cutting-edge technology, making Australia a leader in the global...

Ecuador sees South Africa as world-leading source of mining expertise, investment

Ecuador’s Ministry of Non-Renewable Natural Resources is negotiating a Memoradum of Understanding (MoU) with South African science council Mintek. The MoU, which is in its first draft stage, would enable the Ecuador’s State-owned mining...

SA studies R15bn multi-metal beneficiation plant

South Africa is studying the feasibility of developing what it terms the world’s first integrated metals plant capable of “beneficiating” titanium, zirconium, vanadium, magnesium and silicon, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel told...

Company appointed as distributor of pump range

Supplier and installer of industrial and commercial pumping systems and accessories Prime Pump Company in Queensland, Australia, has been appointed as the official distributor of developer and manufacturer of compressed air-operated pumps and...