China infrastructure push to boost zinc imports, support prices

China is likely to boost imports of zinc in the fourth quarter of the year after Beijing said it would speed up infrastructure investment, market players said, helping support prices for the base metal. Zinc is set to reap the benefits of a push...

Bungalow resource increases by 230%

Iron-ore developer Centrex Metals on Friday reported a 230% mineral resource increase at its Bungalow magnetite project, in Southern Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. The project is now estimated to host some 338-million tons of resource, with the...

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$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.

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...

Europe’s biggest blast furnace produces 70-millionth ton of steel

Blast furnace Schwelgern 2, owned by diversified industrial group ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe, produced its seventy-millionth ton of hot metal, in February.

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.

Indonesian steel manufacturer places furnace order

One of Indonesia’s largest steel manufacturers, Gunung Steel Group, has placed an order with global steel processing technology supplier SMS Siemag Germany for the supply of an Arccess electric arc furnace and a ladle furnace for its new...

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...

Rio upbeat about Pilbara’s iron-ore future

Diversified miner Rio Tinto has moved to allay fears that it was close to depleting its iron-ore deposits in the Pilbara, with iron-ore CEO Sam Walsh saying that the company was expecting growth in output. “Our mine plan presently extends to...

Company Announcement:SepFluor unveils R2.1 billion fluorspar mining/beneficiation development plans

SepFluor Limited, the new name in fluorspar mining and beneficiation in South Africa, has unveiled plans for the development of its first fluorspar mine, 80 kilometres north of Pretoria, together with a fluoro-chemical beneficiation hub near...

Mongolia iron-ore miner in $300m Hong Kong IPO – source

Mongolian iron-ore miner Altain Khuder plans to raise about $300-million through a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO), a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, underscoring a push by mining companies from the resource-rich country...