India’s deficient infrastructure holding back coal production

Infrastructure for Indian coal pithead dispatches has shown a marginal increase in capacity, reflecting a major bottleneck in meeting rising demand for domestic and imported coal, the Coal Ministry has reported. In information placed before...

Projects pave the way for good fortune

Diversified resources firm Fortune Minerals is advancing two Canadian projects that stand it in good stead to become a reliable North American source of supply of specialty metals and specialty metallurgical coals.

Infrastructure remains a challenge in Africa

Engineering consulting services provider to natural resources industries SRK Consulting will expand its service offering to include railway infrastructure, which is a significant lifeline for the mining industry, SRK Consulting chairperson Roger...

New Zambia mines chamber head concurs with State VP’s concerns about state of key sectors

Newly elected President of the Chamber of Mines Zambia (CMZ) Emmanuel Mutati reports that the concerns voiced by Zambian VP George Kunda regarding the state of some of Zambia’s key industries are valid and real.

Drill speeds up development and secondary drilling

Mining and construction specialist company Sandvik has developed a second generation single-boom hydraulic drill system, mounted on an underground locomotive, that is being extensively trialled at two gold mines owned by gold-miner Gold Fields....

Spoornet CEO's resignation won't derail talks – chamber

The South African Chamber of Mines said yesterday that it is confident that the resignation of Spoornet CEO Dolly Mokgatle would not derail talks between itself and the State-owned utility about the upgrading of port and railway infrastructure...

Newly developed rail-carriage mounted drill proves its mettle

A hydraulic drill system mounted on the chassis of a railway carriage is helping to speed up development in mines that use railway infrastructure for conventional mining operations.