Innovation the answer to SA’s mining-related water concerns

Environment-friendly methods should be implemented to improve mine water quality because, if the water quality is good, mine water can be used as an alternative water resource, reports North-West University (NWU) hydrogeologist Professor Ingrid...

Mines will have to deal with ‘too much or too little’ water as climate change intensifies – SRK

Climate change will make some areas of South Africa wetter and others drier, says global consulting engineering group SRK Consulting partner and hydrologist Peter Shepherd, who warns that mines will have to deal with having too much or too little...

New Largo coal mine project, South Africa

The mine is expected to begin construction next year.

Cougar ordered to stop underground coal gasification at Kingaroy

The share prices of ASX-listed Cougar Energy dropped 6.25% on Friday on news that the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) banned the company from underground coal gasification operations at the Kingaroy project. In...

New Largo coal mine project, South Africa

New Largo is planned to be an opencast mine and is expected to produce up to 15-million tons of thermal coal a year to supply Eskom’s Kusile power station.

New Largo coal mine draft scoping report available for review till May 20

Global diversified miner Anglo American subsidiary Anglo American Inyosi Coal (AAIC) has prepared a draft scoping report on the proposed New Largo colliery, and the document was expected to be available for review for 40 days from April 4 to May 20.

Miscellaneous

Tenders arising from a range of sectors

Miscellaneous

Tenders arising from a range of sectors

Miscellaneous

Tenders arising from a range of sectors

New advanced ancillary mining pump systems

With energy efficiency being a key environmental feature for the South African mining industry, German pumps manufacturer Wilo Salmson has launched a range of advanced ancillary mining pump systems onto the market.

“Mines are among South...

Grootvlei maintenance workers down tools – union

About 100 employees who were responsible for undertaking essential maintenance at Aurora Empowerment Systems’ Grootvlei mine on Monday went on strike over unpaid wages, trade union Solidarity reported. The union said that the workers were...

Enviro solutions company making inroads into Southern African mining

Environmental solutions company Procon Environmental Technologies has secured a number of projects in the mining industry that the company refers to as key to building the future of its Ultraspin hydrocyclone technology in Southern Africa.