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R16-million glass reinforced polyester vessels commissioned
28th June 2002 Designer, manufacturer and erector of glass-reinforced polyester products for the mining, metallurgical and chemical industries Speedmark Plastics, which recently became a subsidiary of the Amiantit Group, of Saudi Arabia, has completed a R16-million contract at the Amplats Waterval Smelter plant... →
Scada system to control Modikwa concentrator
28th June 2002 The Modikwa platinum concentrator has been equipped with an Adroit supervisory control and data acquisition (Scada) system. →
Customised density-measurement solution
28th June 2002 Thermo Ramsey’s long-standing relationship with local platinum producers was recently reinforced with the ordering of several items of equipment for use in the platinum industry. →
Project manager appointed for Mimosa work
21st June 2002 Project manager and design consultant Dowding, Reynard & Associates (DRA) has been given the go-ahead by Mimosa Mining to proceed with the Phase III upgrade of its concentrator plant. →
Agency to back minerals development, research
21st June 2002 Science council Mintek recently established a subsidiary company, Mindev (Pty) Ltd, as part of its mandate to increase the domestic beneficiation of South Africa’s minerals and metals. →
Diamond recovery made easier by new plant
14th June 2002 Local company Dowding, Reynard & Associates (DRA) has developed a dense medium separation (DMS) plant, available in two versions, which is capable of recovering diamonds and diamond indicator grains down to 300 micrometres from prospecting samples. →
Grizzly feeder refurbished at Botswana mine
14th June 2002 Mining equipment supplier Humboldt Wedag South Africa, a subsidiary of the German multinational supplier KHD Humboldt Wedag, has been contracted by the Debswana Mining Company to refurbish an existing Humboldt Wedag resonance grizzly feeder, for use at the new Debswana Damtshaa mine in Botswana. →
First-time diamond application for screen
14th June 2002 The first OmniScreen to be used in a diamond application has been supplied by IMS Engineering to Namdeb Diamond Corporation. →
Year-end commissioning for Kimberley project
14th June 2002 The De Beers Kimberley Mines Combined Treatment Plant (CTP) project is on track to reach full production by the end of the year. →
The disappearing act of Gauteng's golden dumps
By: Keith Campbell 10th June 2002 The Hloekisa Project is a proposal to reprocess all gold mine dumps on the Witwatersrand, not just the profitable ones, as an environmental remediation programme. →
Platinum ore no match for chute systems
7th June 2002 The installation of Weba Chute Systems at Anglo Platinum’s Amandelbult UG2 Concentrator has resulted in a marked reduction in the high wear associated with the UG2 material being processed at this platinum-mine in the Northern Province. →
Tower cranes are to raise gold production
7th June 2002 Johannesburg-based SA French, the Southern African distributors for Potain, has recently supplied two new tower cranes for use in the 220 000 t/m gold plant at South Deep mine, in Gauteng, which is a joint venture between Western Areas and Canadian miner Placer Dome. →
The disappearing act of Gauteng's golden dumps
By: Keith Campbell 7th June 2002 The Hloekisa Project is a proposal to reprocess all gold mine dumps on the Witwatersrand, not just the profitable ones, as an environmental remediation programme. →
Novel technology treats fines, discard materials
24th May 2002 The CSIR Tunnel-Kiln technology is a novel and alternative method of treating fine and discard materials to unlock hidden value that has so far been inaccessible. →
Supplier completes mining equipment supply chain
17th May 2002 Having established itself as a leading supplier of specialised materials handling equipment, opencast infrastructure (shiftable and extendible conveyors, as well as in-pit crushing plants) and custom-designed minerals processing equipment, Krupp Mining and Materials Handling (KMMH) now also... →
SA research breakthrough may lead to Oz plant
13th May 2002 South African minerals researcher Mintek has developed a process to produce electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) from low-grade manganese ores that eliminates the costly up-front pyrometallurgical prereduction step. →
11 small mining projects shortlisted for investment focus
10th May 2002 THE Department of Minerals and Energy has compiled a list of 11 small to junior-scale mining projects in South Africa that are in the market for investment. →
Junior has industrial-minerals growth plan
By: Keith Campbell 3rd May 2002 SMALL diversified mining group New Kleinfontein is to expand its production of industrial minerals and increase its market share. →
Africa's mining sector a boon for pumpmaker
By: Keith Campbell 19th April 2002 Africa now accounts for 20% of Weir-EnviroTech's turnover & the company seeks to increase exports; also, new belt tensioning system developed. →
Junior coal firm in export push
By: Irma Venter 19th April 2002 Junior coal-miner Carolina Coal is in the process of growing its export market by 50% to 70% in the next three years. →
Platinum concentrator plant is to be completed in Sept
12th April 2002 Project manager and design consultant Dowding Reynard and Associates (DRA) has been given the go-ahead to proceed with the Voorspoed concentrator project for Messina Platinum Mining. →
Level control for flotation circuits
12th April 2002 Reliable level control is critical to achieving consistent metallurgical performance in mill flotation circuits, but is not easy to achieve. →
SA mining goods sector targets China's gold-mining market
By: Keith Campbell 22nd March 2002 South Africa is targetting China, and particularly that country’s gold mining sector, as an export market for local mining and processing technologies, equipment and services. →
Talks halted on Nigerian minerals projects
By: Martin Zhuwakinyu 15th March 2002 The mineral-processing and mining equipment-manufacturing projects which metallurgical-technology organisation Mintek seemed to be on the verge of implementing in Nigeria with local partners are now in abeyance, a senior official tells Mining Weekly. →
Need for SA valuation code urgent
15th March 2002 The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) was invited by its Australian counterpart (AusIMM), to prepare a paper for the International Valmin 2001 conference in Sydney, held in October last year. →
PGM plant gets 50% throughput boost
22nd February 2002 An upgrade of the Kroondal platinum-concentrator plant for Aquarius Platinum has been completed ahead of time and below budget by project manager and design consultant Dowding, Reynard & Associates (DRA). →
PGM refining division generates fine earnings
22nd February 2002 Business at South Africa’s second-largest platinum company’s refining arm is booming. →
Mineral science council makes progress on magnesium project
By: Keith Campbell 18th January 2002 MINERALS and beneficiation science council Mintek has achieved an important milestone in the development of its magnesium furnace project. →
Rotary kilns installed for magnesite conversion
23rd November 2001 One of two new rotary kilns installed by mining and chemical company Chamotte at its works near Malelane, in Mpumalanga, has been commissioned. →
World's largest screens ordered for diamond plant
16th November 2001 A R10,5-million contract for the supply of specialised screens – including some of the world’s largest double-deck ‘banana’ screens – has been secured by Linatex Africa for installation at De Beers Consolidated Mines’ Kimberley Mines plant. →
Empowerment-in-mining plans
By: Martin Zhuwakinyu 26th October 2001 Black economic empowerment (Bee) companies are set to benefit over the next few years from several projects worth billions of rands being promoted by mineral and metallurgical parastatal Mintek. →
Mintek defends hazardous-waste work
26th October 2001 State metals and minerals researcher Mintek says that the organisation’s work performed for now-liquidated Australian zinc producer Pasminco on hazardous waste is of value to the environment worldwide and should be applauded, rather than slated. →
More assistance provided for small-scale miners
12th October 2001 A technology demonstration centre has been set up by metals and minerals research organisation Mintek, of Johannesburg, to assist grassroots operators and small business in the field of mining. →
New incentives hoped to lure investors to Malawi
By: Marcel Chimwala 5th October 2001 In a bid to attract investors to its mining sector, Malawi is offering several incentives. →
300 recommendations to boost mining's sustainability
By: Keith Campbell 5th October 2001 THE Southern African region of the global Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development programme has completed its basic research programme & made 300 recommendations to its stakeholders. →
Merger creates a new force in mining services
5th October 2001 Metso Minerals, formerly known as Nordberg, has merged with Svedala to form a new global market leader in the supply and service of processes for industries related to rock-size reduction, classification, minerals separation and recovery, materials-handling and wear protection. →
SA company helping Russian giant to go international
By: Keith Campbell 28th September 2001 SOUTH Africa’s Bateman Project Holdings is participating in the facilitation the first overseas project by the giant Russian Norilsk nickel-mining corporation. →
South Africa in 'Russia with love'
By: Irma Venter 21st September 2001 Russia is not for the faint-hearted as much as Africa is not for ‘sissies’, and South Africans have acted opportune in exporting their ‘can-do attitude’ to the icy-cold former cradle of communism. →
