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R8,2-billion joint venture establishes the world’s largest ferrochrome producer
20th August 2004 An R8,2-billion shared venture, named Xstrata-SA Chrome Venture, was established earlier this year by South Africa Chrome & Alloys (SA Chrome) and Xstrata SA.? →
Largest CIP plant in Africa to be completed by year end, South Africa
By: lauren rota 20th August 2004 Largest CIP plant in Africa to be completed by year end. →
SA diamond-processing unit heads for DRC
By: Liezel Hill 23rd July 2004 A South African company is providing diamond-processing equipment to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). →
Aussie group scouts South African mineral-processing prospects
By: Irma Venter 9th July 2004 Listed Australian company Golden Valley Mines (GVM) has bought 74% of the South African Nimag group in a R50-million deal. →
SA/Iran to collaborate on copper bioleaching project
By: Irma Venter 2nd July 2004 Construction of a multimillion-rand pilot heap bioleaching plant in Iran, as a joint project between local mining technology research body Mintek and the Middle Eastern country’s National Iranian Copper Industries Company (Nicico), will start later this year. →
SA refractory-brick producer hopes for more Chilean orders
By: Keith Campbell 21st May 2004 South African refractory pro-ducts manufacturer Verref is busy executing a R10-million contract to supply about 190 000 refractory bricks to Chile’s giant Codelco copper-mining company. →
Gold-miner nails beneficiation colours to Rand Refinery mast
By: Martin Zhuwakinyu 30th April 2004 Gold-mining firm Durban Roodepoort Deep (DRD),?which a few years ago invested in a company which was to set up its own refinery in South Africa using mineral-technology parastatal Mintek’s Minataur process, no longer has a stake in this project and “is committed to pursuing its... →
Musuku gets its BEE
By: ongezwa manyathi 19th April 2004 Musuku Beneficiation Systems had four products when Mining Weekly called at the gold operation a year ago; now it has 15. →
‘Leagues’ ahead
By: Martin Creamer 16th April 2004 The planned introduction of new high-speed gold technology is set to put the world’s largest gold refinery ahead of its global rivals, Mining Weekly can today exclusively report. →
Smelter recovers 6 t of gold a year
By: Martin Creamer 16th April 2004 One of Rand Refinery’s best-kept secrets is its precious-metal smelting facility, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. →
The strategist
By: ongezwa manyathi 16th April 2004 The 84-year-old Rand Refinery has further strengthened its position as a leading global refiner of gold and silver in being appointed an approved ‘good delivery’ referee by the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA). →
R50-billion-worth of cash flow a year
By: ongezwa manyathi 16th April 2004 Though 84 years old, Rand Refinery only appointed its own board of directors ten years ago. →
Summiting the ‘Everest’ of gold assaying
By: ongezwa manyathi 16th April 2004 Gold refining is a highly competitive business. ?There are 57 accredited gold refineries around the world and 79 silver refineries. →
New metallurgical accounting system
By: ongezwa manyathi 16th April 2004 A new metallurgical accounting system is being implemented at the Rand Refinery. →
Prestigious referee status already bearing fruit
By: ongezwa manyathi 16th April 2004 When Rand Refinery was approached by the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) to be a ‘good delivery’ referee some two years ago, there were only two referees in the world and both were stationed in England. →
Musuku gets its BEE
By: ongezwa manyathi 16th April 2004 Musuku Beneficiation Systems had four products when Mining Weekly called at the gold operation a year ago; now it has 15. →
‘Interest in ion-exchange technology is growing’
By: Zonika Botha 16th April 2004 Since having entered into a cooperation and joint development agreement in the field of ion exchange for metallurgical applications in February, State-owned Mintek and private company Bateman Luxembourg SA have received several enquires from potential clients. →
Three new initiatives
By: Martin Creamer 26th March 2004 A pioneering South African project house is in the process of establishing a new natural resource beneficiation mining fund, a new African business unit and is implementing a new strategy to put an end to the boom-and-bust past of its project management operations. →
Matchmaking is suprise new offering from project house
By: ongezwa manyathi 26th March 2004 Project houses are offering an unexpectedly wide range of services. →
Main contract awarded at chromite-to-PGMs treatment project
By: Zonika Botha 26th March 2004 A multimillion-rand turnkey contract to construct a chromite-ore tailings treatment plant at Aquarius Platinum’s Kroondal mine on the western limb of the Bushveld Complex has been awarded to Tawana Projects, a joint venture company formed between Bateman and ProPlant. →
New sorting technology for SA mining sector
26th March 2004 South Africa’s MikroSort SA, an IMS Group company, has upgraded its containerised test plant, located at Mintek, in response to an increased demand from the South African mining industry for the opto-electronic sorting of mineral ore. →
World’s largest ultrafine grinding mill installed
26th March 2004 The technology division of Anglo-Swiss resources group Xstrata announced last week that the world’s largest ultra-fine grinding mill, the 2,6 MW M10000 IsaMill, had been successfully commissioned at Anglo Platinum’s Western Limb Tailings Retreatment Plant (WLTRP) in South Africa. →
Plant to see out the mine
By: andrew lanham 19th March 2004 Alwyn Smit, metallurgical manager at Driefontein, is a man of quiet demeanour. →
Baken; Trans Hex’s gem
By: andrew lanham 19th March 2004 The year to March 2003 was winner for Trans Hex with the group producing a record number of carats. →
R26m platinum-from-chromite project has been announced
19th March 2004 Platinum-miner Aquarius Platinum (AQP) announced last week that it is to lead a three-member consortium in a project to treat chromite tailings through a purpose-built plant at its Kroondal Mine in South Africa.? →
. . . heralds entry of new SA technology
By: Keith Campbell 5th March 2004 INTERNATIONAL mining group Xstrata’s new Premus technology for the production of ferrochrome was developed here in South Africa. →
Stainless growth underpins R1,25bn ferrochrome project
By: Irma Venter 30th January 2004 A hungry stainless-steel market is one of the driving forces behind the construction of London-listed Xstrata’s new R1,25-billion 330 000 t/y ferrochrome smelter in South Africa. →
Swedish miner sells gold operation
26th January 2004 Swedish mining company Scanmining will sell all its ore from the Pahtavaara gold mine in 2004 to Belgian Umicore and Sweden's Boliden, Scanmining said on Thursday. →
SA Act opens way for transition from tanzanite to diamonds
By: candice haase 23rd January 2004 Operations at Afgem’s tanzanite-mine at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania are in a steady state, allowing the company to consider other prospects in the mining industry. →
Latest technology used in materials-handling system design
By: candice haase 12th December 2003 The entire materials-handling system at the Anglo Platinum and African Rainbow Minerals joint venture project, Modikwa, was designed by engineering and project managing specialist Exclusive Technical Services (ETS). →
Joint venture has strong focus on training
By: candice haase 12th December 2003 The joint venture between Anglo Platinum and ARM Mining Consortium on the Modikwa platinum-mine has created a team that draws from an array of expertise. →
Target date: 2005
By: candice haase 12th December 2003 By the first quarter of next year, Modikwa platinum-mine will be out of its ramp-up phase and into steady production for 2004. →
Brazil giant consolidates manganese interests
By: Keith Campbell 5th December 2003 BRAZILIAN mining, logistics, and energy group CVRD has announced that it has simplified the structure of its manganese ferro-alloy business. →
Firm launches mobile crusher innovation
By: nkolola halwindi 28th November 2003 Leading designer and manufacturer of bulk materials handling and minerals processing plant and equipment Osborn Engineered Products has launched what is reportedly South Africa’s first locally-manufactured primary jaw-crusher track unit. →
New plant may engage in third-party tailings treatment
By: Zonika Botha 12th September 2003 Last week saw the official opening of Chemwes, the wholly-owned subsidiary of environmental remediation company Mine Waste Solutions (MWS). →
Copper production matches design output
By: Jill Stanford 5th September 2003 COPPER production has reached its expanded design output at First Quantum Mineral’s Bwana Mkubwa solvent extraction-electrowinning (SX/EW) facility in Zambia. →
New project to provide sustainable enviro remediation
By: Zonika Botha 5th September 2003 This week saw the official opening of Chemwes, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the environmental remediation company, Mine Waste Solutions (MWS). →
R110m Mozambique contract completed
22nd August 2003 A contract worth R110-million awarded to black economic empowerment company Alstom Power Systems last year, involving extensions to the 400 kV Maputo substation and Mozal intake substation for Phase 2 of BHP Billiton’s Mozal aluminium smelter, has been completed. →
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