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Schalk Burger
Schalk Burger is Creamer Media Senior Contributing Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
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Rising demand for versatile mini cranes
10th May 2019 There is growing demand for the versatile and compact Unic Spider Mini Cranes in South Africa’s construction and mining sectors, says local distributor B & B Group CEO Bob Fogg. The cranes range from 1 t to 10 t cranes, and many are small enough to fit through doors and into confined construction... →
ICMM to review tailings storage facilities with view to establishing global standard
3rd May 2019 International mining organisation the International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM) will conduct an independent review of mine tailings storage facilities to establish an international standard for the safe management of tailings storage facilities that can be applied to all tailings dams... →
Environmental assessment gets under way at NexGen’s Rook 1 project
29th April 2019 The Rook 1 project, which is a proposed uranium mining and milling operation that will be 100% owned and operated by TSX-listed uranium mine development company NexGen Energy, in the south-western Athabasca Uranium Basin region in northern Saskatchewan, has been given permission to begin... →
ICMM to establish mine tailings storage facilities standard
24th April 2019 International mining organisation, the International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM) will conduct an independent review of mine tailings storage facilities to establish an international standard for the safe management of tailings storage facilities that can be applied to all tailings dams... →
Ethical artisanal diamond mining pilot scaling up operations in Sierra Leone
24th April 2019 A pilot project that creates a secure and transparent route to market for ethically sourced artisanal and small-scale mined (ASM) diamonds is scaling up its operations in Sierra Leone to give more miners the opportunity to benefit from the programme, diamond multinational De Beers Group, which is... →
New graphite factory bolsters mining, foundry product offerings
7th February 2019 A new graphite facility, Graphite Freezeline Solutions, was opened last month on industrial engineering firm Thos Begbie’s manufacturing campus, in Middelburg. It will reduce the time to manufacture products that include graphite components, especially for the mining and foundry industry, says... →
Empowered Kwatani benefits local mining industry
17th January 2019 Industrial and mining vibrating screens manufacturer Kwatani has achieved a level-1 broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) score and is 51% black women-owned. This BBBEE accreditation affords significant benefits to its mining clients that can claim 135% of money spent on Kwatani.... →
Production at Botswana’s first opencast colliery to start this month
7th December 2018 The first opencast coal mine in Botswana, Masama, located about 70 km outside Gaborone, has sprung to life following the awarding of the mining licence at the end of August. The first soil was dug on September 9. The mine is expected to start selling thermal coal in the first week of February and... →
Platinum demand for jewellery catches up to automotive demand in US
29th November 2018 The demand for platinum from the jewellery sector in the US has risen to 22% of total demand, while the demand for platinum in the automotive sector has moderated to 30% of total US demand, said platinum jewellery organisation Platinum Guild International’s (PGI’s) Insight November 2018 report.... →
Minergy's Botswana opencast coal mine project springs to life
27th November 2018 The first opencast coal mine in Botswana, Masama, which is located about 70 km outside Gaborone, has sprung to life following the awarding of the mining licence at the end of August. The first soil was dug on September 9. The mine is expected to start selling thermal coal in the first week of... →
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