Company Announcement: Rescue and recovery teams open up another collapsed tunnel at Bontekoe- Six deceased diggers found and one digger rescued

Careful excavation continues in the search for survivors.

Company Announcement: Mining for Change Seminar To Focus On Sustainabiity

The critical issue of sustainability in South African mining will be addressed by one of the foremost experts on the subject, Professor Mavis Hermanus on 12 June at Summer Place in Hyde Park

$200bn capex ambition of mining majors under spotlight

The great China-led economic supercycle that has been boosting global economies for a decade is falling below its expected trajectory, which is giving rise to questions supercycle slippage and demise.

Emigration causes decline in mining skills

The activity level of the contract mining and outsourcing industry is increasing but the skilled labour shortage remains a major challenge as experts are still leaving South Africa for political and safety reasons says mining contractor Redpath...

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.

Mining specialists team up for Beeshoek project

Concor Opencast Mining, a division of construction firm Murray & Roberts Construction, and mining specialist Basil Read Mining, in a joint venture (JV), have embarked on a contract to extend the perimeter of an existing pit at raw materials...

Paul Miller

Position: MD Keaton Energy Holdings (KEH) Main activity of company: Coal mining and coal mine development Date and place of birth: Kokstad, Southern KwaZulu-Natal, 1969 Education: BCom (Hons) University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg First job:...

SA mining skills in high demand but short supply

The ability of recruiters to source technically skilled South African mining labourers is becoming increasingly difficult and these expertise will soon be in serious short supply, says project support specialist Mecs Africa MD Roland Glass.

Sangdong tungsten project, South Korea

A feasibility study on the Sangdong project proposes mining 1.2-million tons from the main and footwall orebodies above the valley floor.

South Africa and its mining heritage

South Africa’s mineral revolution, which was prompted by the development of Kimberley’s diamond mining industry and more profoundly shaped by the discovery and exploitation of gold on the Witwatersrand during the latter quarter of the...

Zim amending diamonds law to ensure sector’s sustainability

Zimbabwe has started amending the Precious Stones Trade Act as part of reforms of legislation regulating diamond exploration, mining, value addition and beneficiation as well as the security aspects of the diamond mining industry.

SA seals mines to curb illegal miners

South Africa has set up a task team to seal access points at mines in a bid to stem a resurgence in illegal mining, the Mineral Resources Minister said on Thursday. On Wednesday at least three illegal miners were killed and 18 others trapped...