TNG finalises Chinese investments

ASX-listed TNG has completed the final stage of it’s A$13.4-million transaction with two Chinese firms, boosting its cash reserves to over A$11-million. The resources company said on Friday that the overall transaction resulted in the...

Gearboxes for 
Namibian mine

Gearbox technology provider Hansen Transmissions South Africa (HTSA), which is a subsidiary of Belgium-based Hansen Industrial Transmissions, has supplied seven gearboxes to a South African mining technology company for a mine in Namibia.

Optimum’s water reclamation project using world-first HiPRO process

The Optimum Water Reclamation Project is only the second plant of its kind in South Africa and is leading the way internationally in mine water treatment, says Engineering and environmental consultants Golder Associates Africa.

Jindal Steel awards Moz coal-mine power systems contract to ABB

The Mozambican unit of Jindal Steel and Power has awarded power and automation group ABB a R72-million order for a 220/33-kV turnkey substation to electrify an opencast coal project at its concession near the Chirodzi village, in Tete. The...

South African gold mine cooling technology used in Chinese coal mine

A deep-level mine cooling technology that was developed in AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng mine in South Africa would be installed at a coal mine in China, the proprietary owner of the technology, IDE recently said. The China National Coal Group...

Green and efficient drilling system passes tests

Hydraulic technology company Peterstow Aquapower has completed the testing of its environment-friendly drilling technology, which is set to improve drilling rates across the deep level mining sector.

Growth opportunities abound but challenges remain

Global engineering and technology corporation Metso’s mining and construction technology segment has received an order intake, its largest to date, of €1.185-million during the second quarter of this year. This is up from €841-million in the...

Water use in mines driving technology

The increasing need for the efficient management of water in the mining sector is providing technology companies, such as water treatment and process improvement company Nalco Africa, with opportunities to develop new solutions and technologies...

Company Announcement: Name change to PanTerra Gold Limited

Attached please find a press release on: Australian-based mineral resources company, EnviroGold Limited (ASX: EVG) (EnviroGold or the “Company”) advises that a Shareholders Meeting will be held in the near future to consider changing the...

AngloGold parries nationalisation, embraces ultradeeps as gold soars

Booming South African gold miner AngloGold Ashanti, with record 68%-up second-quarter earnings of $342-million and a generous dividend boost, gave notice of its intention to deliver a nationalisation-parrying econo-socio model and is advancing...

Titanium could be a strategic economic driver for SA

Titanium has the potential to serve as a strategic economic driver for South Africa, should low-cost titanium production options in the industry become available, says Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Materials Science and...

28/01/2011 (On-The-Air)

In this show: big technology companies collaborate to access 100-million ounces of gold; South Africa's Northern Cape is selected fora R100-million project to break the world land-speed record; and a 100% black-owned flexible plastic packaging...