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Furnace contractor makes foray into mining sector
By: Samantha Herbst 29th March 2013 Local smelter and mineral processing furnace contractor the Dickinson Group has made its public debut into the mining sector after establishing its new mining division one year ago. The refractory specialist has introduced two international product ranges to the local underground mining market,... →
320 Sentula Mining heavy-equipment items to be sold at Witbank auction 
22nd March 2013 Vancouver-based Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, is gearing up for an open auction later this month on behalf of South Africa-based mining company Sentula Mining, which will see more than 320 of its heavy-equipment items and trucks being sold. The auction, to... →
'SA Inc.' approach required to deal with ‘unsustainable’ labour situation 
By: Terence Creamer 15th March 2013 South African construction and engineering group Aveng has warned that ongoing labour unrest – which lopped R123-million, or 23%, off its profits during the interim period to December 31, 2012 – not only represented an earnings risk for the coming six months, but was also undermining South... →
Chairlift installation at Kroondal almost complete
By: Samantha Herbst 1st February 2013 The installation of a second chairlift system for platinum-group metals major Aquarius Platinum’s (AQP’s) K6 Decline project, in the North West province, will soon be completed by mining communications, automation and safety solutions specialist Becker Mining South Africa. The project is part of... →
Tier 1 EPCM service provider discusses role beyond Amplats projects
By: Samantha Herbst 14th December 2012 Despite Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) operating in a challenging climate, owing to weak platinum demand and wage disputes this year, there has been sustained engagement between Amplats and engineering project house TWP, says TWP CEO Digby Glover. He says being selected in 2010 as one of Anglo... →
Expanded capabilities offering secures new contracts in Africa
By: Chantelle Kotze 7th December 2012 Mining contracting company Murray & Roberts Cementation has been awarded new contracts in South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Zambia and Botswana during 2012 through expanding the capabilities of its mine development, mine engineering, mine services and contract mining... →
Various skills development programmes earmarked for 2013
By: Chantelle Kotze 7th December 2012 In addition to focusing on its usual value chain of skills development, mining contractor Murray & Roberts Cementation will introduce new training modules in 2013 on shaft sinking using the ‘Cementation Way’, trackless mechanised mining equipment, as well as high-level skills such as project... →
Beleaguered platinum industry launches new dispensation bid
By: Martin Creamer 5th October 2012 The co-crafting of a new dispensation for the beleaguered platinum sector is under way nder professional facilitation. The sector has met over several days to launch a framework to return the industry to stability and set it back on a course of sustainability. Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant... →
M&R says it’s not overly exposed to culled mining project pipeline
By: Terence Creamer 30th August 2012 JSE-listed construction and engineering group Murray & Roberts (M&R), which is increasingly pinning its fortunes to continued growth in the mining, oil and gas sectors, moved to assure investors on Thursday that it was not overly exposed to some of the recently announced mining-project cutbacks.... →
Contract mining and plant rental division pushes up Eqstra profit
By: Natasha Odendaal 21st August 2012 JSE-listed Eqstra on Tuesday reported improved financial results for the 2012 financial year, boosted by increased aftermarket sales in its industrial equipment division, as well as an upsurge in rental activity from its contract mining and plant rental division. Profit increased to R488-million... →
India looking to lure foreign contract miners
By: Ajoy K Das 3rd July 2012 The Indian government has proposed fleshing out a model framework for a mine development and operation (MDO) agreement in a bid to lure foreign investments into contract mining. “In the last few months, few contract mining projects have taken off. But for it to gain momentum, policy thrust was... →
SA mining skills in high demand but short supply
By: Sashnee Moodley 25th May 2012 The ability of recruiters to source technically skilled South African mining labourers is becoming increasingly difficult and these expertise will soon be in serious short supply, says project support specialist Mecs Africa MD Roland Glass. →
Mining specialists team up for Beeshoek project
25th May 2012 Concor Opencast Mining, a division of construction firm Murray & Roberts Construction, and mining specialist Basil Read Mining, in a joint venture (JV), have embarked on a contract to extend the perimeter of an existing pit at raw materials supplier Assmang’s Beeshoek iron-ore mine, near... →
Emigration causes decline in mining skills
By: Sashnee Moodley 25th May 2012 The activity level of the contract mining and outsourcing industry is increasing but the skilled labour shortage remains a major challenge as experts are still leaving South Africa for political and safety reasons says mining contractor Redpath Mining technical services and marketing GM Dirk... →
Tyre firm seeks to further penetrate the African market
By: Dimakatso Motau 6th April 2012 Beltyre Africa, the Belshina tyre distributor for Africa, states it is vigorously aiming to market its product range into the African market, this year. →
Aveng consolidates mining businesses into one Africa-focused unit
By: Terence Creamer 14th March 2012 South African construction group Aveng has consolidated its opencast and underground mining business into a single R6-billion-revenue unit, which will pursue the expanding resources-linked opportunities arising globally, but especially in Africa. CEO Roger Jardine says Aveng Mining is already... →
German company to host bauma trade show in South Africa in 2013
By: Natasha Odendaal 16th December 2011 Trade fair company Messe München International is bringing its international tradeshow bauma to South Africa for the first time in September 2013. →
M&R Cementation achieves BBBEE Level 5
By: Natasha Odendaal 2nd December 2011 Construction and engineering group Murray & Roberts (M & R) Cementation has achieved broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) level-five status, following an audit by an independent verification body. →
Sentula headline earnings flat, CEO sees volatile period ahead
By: Henry Lazenby 18th November 2011 JSE-listed mining services provider and coal miner Sentula Mining on Friday reported a R230-million loss for the half-year ended September 30, despite a 10% revenue increase to R1.35-billion. Headline earnings, which strip out certain one-off costs, remained unchanged at 10.6c a share when... →
Sentula issues interim trading update
By: Henry Lazenby 16th November 2011 JSE-listed Sentula Mining on Wednesday said it expected to report a loss of between 38.47c a share and 38.97c a share for the six months ended September 30. This compared with the earnings a share of 9.89c in the same period last year. →
Global company awarded shaft sinking and equipping contract for Mopani
4th November 2011 Zambia-based, mining contracting company Murray & Roberts Cementation has been awarded the shaft sinking and equipping of the synclinorium shaft for miner Mopani Copper Mines, Nkana mine, in Zambia. →
German firm unveils upgraded maintenance management system
By: Dimakatso Motau 28th October 2011 Metallurgical plant and machine construction company SMS Siemag, in Germany, has introduced the upgraded integrated maintenance management system (IMMS) to the global market. →
Chinese firm buys into local engineering company
By: Natasha Odendaal 14th October 2011 Chinese engineering group Dadi Engineering Development Group has acquired a 20% stake in South African project engineering firm ProMet Engineers Africa. →
Growth opportunities abound but challenges remain
By: Natasha Odendaal 2nd September 2011 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 first quarter. →
Multiple projects progressing on schedule
By: Natasha Odendaal 2nd September 2011 Metallurgical and chemical solutions provider Outotec is progressing on schedule with the €119-million design and delivery of a new manganese sinter plant, the largest in the world, for the Kalagadi Manganese project, near Hotazel, in the Northern Cape, says marketing communications manager for... →
Project management firm awarded iron-ore DFS
2nd September 2011 Engineering and project management company Amec has been awarded a definitive feasibility study (DFS) for iron-ore developer Ferrum Crescent Limited’s Moonlight iron-ore project, in the Limpopo province. →
DRC cobalt increase driving technology
By: Natasha Odendaal 2nd September 2011 Cobalt extractive metallurgy and process engineering technology developments over the past two decades are helping miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and elsewhere to meet the increasing world demand for cobalt. →
Eqstra to cease distributing Terex mining equipment by end 2013
By: Irma Venter 23rd August 2011 Contract mining and equipment group Eqstra Holdings would cease distributing Terex mining equipment at the end of 2013, said Eqstra CEO Walter Hill on Tuesday. Reporting on the company’s financial results for the year ended June 30, he noted that Eqstra had a contract in place until the end of... →
PGMs project moving forward
By: Natasha Odendaal 19th August 2011 JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum’s Frischgewaagd-Ledig platinum-group metals (PGMs) project, in the Western Bushveld Complex, is moving forward with the next step of starting civil works. →
Phoenix project has smooth take-off
By: Natasha Odendaal 19th August 2011 The construction of the chrome tailings retreatment plant (CTRP) at precious metals producer Pan African Resources’ Phoenix Platinum project, in the North West, has progressed well and is significantly ahead of schedule and within budget, says mining operations executive Ron Holding. →
JIC Mining Services clinches contract for underground development at Rustenburg PGM project
By: Megan van Wyngaardt 5th August 2011 South African underground mining contractor JIC Mining Services has been contracted by Canadian mining company Platinum Group Metals for phase one underground development of twin 1 200 m central decline tunnels into the Project 1 platinum deposit for the purposes of retrieving a bulk sample and... →
SA firm Redpath clinches R67m contract to build sand tunnel at Botswana’s Ghaghoo diamond mine
By: Megan van Wyngaardt 29th July 2011 International diamond producer Gem Diamonds has awarded a R67-million contract to contract mining firm Redpath South Africa for the development of a sand tunnel at the recommissioned Ghaghoo diamond mine, in Botswana. →
Record-breaking steel headgear at Gold Fields’ South Deep
By: Megan van Wyngaardt 3rd June 2011 Gold Fields has completed the world’s tallest steel headgear, standing at 87 m, at its South Deep Twin Shafts complex, near Westonaria, in the North-West. The 1 900 t structure, which used 100% South African made materials, has steelwork value of about R40-million and was installed by South... →
Key to success lies in education
By: Natasha Odendaal 20th May 2011 Employing the right people for the job at hand is the key to the success of plant hire company ALS BEE, part of the ALS group, says ALS BEE MD Bethuel Mokotedi. →
Kito electric hoists for platinum mine
20th May 2011 Diversified engineering company Becker Engineering, part of the Becker group, has supplied 24 Kito electric hoists to a platinum mine in the Rustenburg area. →
JV wins more contract work in West Africa
20th May 2011 Underground rock-mining company Barminco and diversified mining and services company Ausdrill’s 50:50 joint-venture (JV) African Underground Mining Services (AUMS) has started three new underground contract mining projects in the West African region with three leading gold-mining companies. →
Changing methods of sinking vertical shafts in mining
By: Natasha Odendaal 20th May 2011 Mining infrastructure, construction and services company Murray & Roberts (M&R) Cementation is changing the way mines and contractors work with vertical shafts through the introduction of its advanced shaft-lining technology. →
Mining service providers seeing industry growth
By: Natasha Odendaal 20th May 2011 Mining service provider JIC Mining Services CEO Jacques Roux believes the general climate in the contract-mining industry is becoming more buoyant, with opportunities available and out on tender. →
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