Latest updates on the DMO project

Diversified miner BHP Billiton reports that its Douglas/Middelburg optimisation (DMO) project, in Mpumalanga, is complete and that the first coal has been delivered on schedule and within budget.

Douglas/Middelburg optimisation project, South Africa

The project is complete.

Adanac receives key permit for BC molybdenum mine

Vancouver-based Adanac Molybdenum has been granted a provincial Mines Act Permit for its Ruby Creek molybdenum project, near Atlin in British Columbia, the firm reported on Friday. The permit will allow the company to start site preparation,...

Klipspruit capacity to double by 2009

Resources giant BHP Billiton Energy Coal South Africa’s (Becsa) run-of-mine capacity of the Klipspruit opencast mine, in Mpumalanga, is to be expanded to 8-million tons a year from its current 4,8-million tons a year.

BHP Billiton spending R11bn on SA energy coal projects

The coal arm of BHP Billiton, BHP Billiton Energy Coal South Africa (Becsa), is spending R11-billion on two large new local coal projects, one of them the biggest single energy coal initiative the global group has ever undertaken. Becsa is...

BHP Billiton spending R11bn on new South African energy coal projects

The coal arm of BHP Billiton, BHP Billiton Energy Coal South Africa (Becsa), is spending R11-billion on two large new local coal projects, one of them the biggest single energy coal initiative the global group has ever undertaken. Becsa is...

Construction at joint-venture colliery on track

Construction at the Goedgevonden (GGV) joint venture (JV) project in Ogies, near Witbank, is on track and well within budget, despite some minor challenges facing construction crews, Goedgevonden Colliery GM Hamilton Mkatshana tells Mining Weekly.

Junior on track to produce diamonds at first operating mine in

The Lerala diamond mine in the Tswapong area of Botswana, near Martin�s Drift, is on track to begin operation and production early in 2008.

Anvil reports DRC copper mine back on track

Toronto Stock Exchange- and Australian Stock Exchange listed Anvil Mining has announced that the Dikulushi mining and processing operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo are back on track, having outperformed in all areas through the...

R8-million backfill plant completed

The engineering and construction unit of Cementation’s drilling division co-ordinated the complete erection of a R8-million surface backfill plant at Avgold’s Target gold-mine in the Northern Free State.

R310m and ten months later

In just ten months, the entire R310-million construction phase at Kroondal Platinum Mine (KPM) in the North West Province has been completed. Although KPM’s management structure has been credited for setting the framework for the...