Ministers endorse push for zero TB deaths among Southern African miners

Late last month, Ministers of Health and Labour from the 15 Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries endorsed a declaration on tuberculosis (TB) in the mining sector that is designed to drive a regional response to the issue.

Explosives company hopes to strengthen brand in West Africa

Explosives company BME says participation in events like this year’s West African Mining and Power Exhibition (Wampex) is compulsory for companies wanting to build their brands in the West African region.

New bottom-discharge container for mining industry

Materials handling company Versatile Container Handling has introduced a new product onto the African market, the Rocket Rail Loading and bottom discharge bulk container system. “It is new technology and it is the first time that bottom...

Explosives company reaps rewards of early investment in West Africa

Explosives and mining services supplier BME is considering opportunities to expand into Ghana, having done business in West Africa for over a decade and reaped the rewards of early investment, BME marketing manager Charles Hurly tells Mining Weekly.

Patrice Motsepe

Position: Founder and executive chairperson, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) since 1997; chairperson Harmony Gold; founder chairperson Future Mining 1994 Main activity of the company: Diversified mining company Date and place of birth: Soweto,...

Commodity lines to receive boost from R300bn Transnet plan

About one-third, or around R100-billion of Transnet’s R300-billion, seven-year rolling capital investment programme will be directed towards the upgrade and expansion of South Africa’s key commodity export corridors. It was confirmed on...

New initiative aiming for 50% decrease in new TB, HIV infections in Southern Africa by 2015

A collaboration between the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the World Bank, nongovernmental organisation (NGO) the International Organisation for Migration, and NGO Stop TB Partnership will soon see the roll-out of an ambitious...

Infrastructure challenges hinder progress of coal sector

Sandton-based coal developer CIC Energy is keen to export coal from Botswana but says the country’s government urgently needs to make a decision concerning the implementation of the Trans-Kalahari railway line project, as the coal industry needs...

The dawn of mining

In the previous insert of Digging Deep a rather outlandish theory of the origins of mining, suggesting that the activity was first undertaken by a race of alien miners some 400 000 years ago to exploit Earth’s gold resource, was postulated.

Company Announcement: Mpaka Metallurgical Coal Project – Swaziland
Coal Exploration Target of 55-85Mt

Midwinter Resources NL (ASX: MWN) has identified an opportunity to expand its interests in the ferrous metals industry by the potential acquisition of a high-quality, metallurgical coal project, in proximity to Midwinter’s existing iron...

Hospitality company to showcase services

Remote hospitality provider Fedics Site Services, a division of South African black-owned hospitality services and facilities management company Tsebo Outsourcing Group, will showcase its failsafe catering and housekeeping solutions for remote...

Oskar Steffen travels world as specialist

SRK co-founder Dr Oskar Steffen travels the world as a specialist. At one stage he did so with such frequency that it was said of him that, “if it was Tuesday, Oskar was in Australia, and if it was Wednesday, he was in Chile”. Mining Weekly...