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

Anglo gaining ground in Codelco battle

With the tussle moving out of the courts and into the commercial arena and with Codelco CEO Diego Hernandez suddenly quitting his post in the midst of the ongoing battle, Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll appears to have gained significant...

Miscellaneous

Tenders arising from a range of sectors

$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.

Atomising technology set to improve metal recovery

South Africa’s State-owned minerals researcher, Mintek, is in the process of constructing a pilot plant for research on its atomising technology which, once developed, is set to improve metal recovery.

Boikarabelo coal project, South Africa

Resources Generation has indicated that the only thing holding back the Boikarabelo project is securing a rail contract with Transnet.

Coinjection technology to improve furnace processes

If materials handling and pneumatic conveying systems supplier Clyde Bergemann Africa (CBZ) can successfully implement its co-injection process, as well as achieve its proposed 30% capacity increase outcomes, it will be the only company, to date,...

Contract mining in SA alive and well

The need for contract mining is abundant and will remain so as long as the mining industry requires skills that are not available in-house, with mining houses expected to rely more on outsourcing when starting new operations, says explosives...

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.

ISO award enables company to grow

Water-cooled furnace component manufacturer Bruno Quatro Engineering has successfully broadened its customer base to include almost the entire South African smelting industry, owing to the importance it places on complying with standards and...

Local partnership supplies components for largest calcium carbide furnaces

A partnership between engineering consultancy Hatch and furnace component engineering and production company Thos Begbie & Company will form an integral part of a China-based project to build the largest calcium carbide furnaces in the world.