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Transnet looking abroad for growth as it again pares back South Africa capex 
By: Terence Creamer 30th October 2017 State-owned freight logistics group Transnet continues to pare back its investment portfolio in the South African, which is expected to grow by less than 1% in 2017. The group, which operates rail, port and pipelines businesses, expects to invest R229.2-billion over the coming seven years,... →
Openpit mine enhancing rigid dump truck performance
By: Nica Schreuder 27th October 2017 The Tharisa openpit platinum, gold and chrome mine, in the North West, has embarked on a value-add improvement project to extend the length of oil-drain intervals on a specific fleet of rigid dump trucks (RDTs) and, subsequently, reduce downtime and save costs. The project is being led by... →
Transnet Freight Rail anticipates economic uptick, aims to unlock intraregional collaboration
By: Samantha Herbst 27th October 2017 Despite being at the mercy of economic uncertainty, compounded by sometimes heavily fluctuating commodity prices, State-owned rail transport company Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has identified itself as a key economic enabler that aims to boost the South African economy by trying to unlock areas... →
Relook at low-carat pipes could spring big diamond surprises 
By: Martin Creamer 25th October 2017 Diamond kimberlites with a very low number of carats per hundred tons have in the past tended to be passed over by diamond mine developers, but their propensity to host big Type II diamonds that sell for large sums of money is now being acknowledged. Although diamond company De Beers walked away... →
Remove exploration red tape or mining will die, geologist warns
By: Martin Creamer 19th October 2017 The excessive red tape around minerals exploration must be removed to prevent the demise of South Africa’s vital mining industry, consulting exploration geologist Allan Saad said on Thursday. Saad, who spent 18 years in geological roles with mining major Rio Tinto and who formerly represented the... →
Diamond exploration intensifying close to mine that paid for itself in 3.5 days
By: Martin Creamer 18th October 2017 London- and Botswana-listed Botswana Diamonds, which is funding diamond exploration on three sites in South Africa, expects to declare an inferred resource by year-end at its Thorny River project in Limpopo, which is located very close to the Marsfontein mine that had an astonishing... →
Young HDSA diamond beneficiators doing well – De Beers
By: Martin Creamer 17th October 2017 The model launched last year by De Beers for the development of young historically disadvantaged South Africans (HDSAs) as diamond beneficiators is proving highly successful, De Beers Senior VP Sightholder Sales South Africa Mpumi Zikalala said on Tuesday. Speaking to Mining Weekly Online on the... →
Exploration, junior culture needed to save mining – Bristow
By: Martin Creamer 16th October 2017 Unless South Africa starts exploring again and finds new ore deposits, the country will continue to turn out the lights of the mining sector. With poor policy added, disinvestment and lack of interest will ultimately stop South Africa’s mining industry in its tracks, which will deal a colossal... →
South Africa should consider agromining – US professor
By: Martin Creamer 11th October 2017 South Africans, who have been mining for metals for more than a century, were this week urged to farm for metals. South African-born Stephen Haggerty, a distinguished research professor of Florida International University in the US who spoke to Mining Weekly Online while in Johannesburg, outlined... →
South African mining rights application process open to corruption – Corruption Watch
By: Anine Kilian 10th October 2017 Nonprofit organisation Corruption Watch says it has identified vulnerabilities in the mining rights application process that gives rise to corruption between mining companies, government authorities and community leaders. A new report ‘Mining for Sustainable Development’, which was released in... →
Hopes for Liberia’s first diamond mine rise on general election
By: Martin Creamer 9th October 2017 This year's discovery of two new additional diamond-bearing pipes that are satellites to an earlier-discovered main diamond-bearing kimberlite pipe have boosted hopes for the establishment of the first diamond mine in Liberia, where artisanal activity has been the mainstay of diamond recovery in... →
Upgraded mobile screen launched onto Southern African market
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 6th October 2017 Mining solutions provider Wirtgen South Africa officially launched its new Kleeman Mobiscreen MS 953 EVO at its head office in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, on September 15. Wirtgen has already sold one of its new screens on September 14, taking the number of EVO line screens present in the... →
Vereeniging operation offers new milling, crushing solutions
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 6th October 2017 In line with global industrial equipment company Metsos commitment to innovation, its Vereeniging operation is offering two solutions that are new to the African crushing and milling industries. →
Metso’s Vereeniging factory celebrates 60 years of service
By: Ilan Solomons 6th October 2017 This year marks 60 years since global engineering and technology corporation Metso's factory in Vereeniging was established. The factory became part of the Metso group in 1970 and has played "a crucial role" not only in the South African, but also the African mining industry. →
The Krugerrand’s remarkable contribution to SA mining value-addition
By: Ilan Solomons 6th October 2017 The gold bullion Krugerrand represents a most remarkable story from a beneficiation perspective with more than 60-million pieces sold over the past 50 years, equating to more than 1 660 t of local gold used in the process with about 25% of all South African gold sold currently in the form of... →
De Beers’ diamond exploration grinding to halt on government issues
By: Martin Creamer 5th October 2017 The exploration programme of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) is grinding to a halt owing to the ongoing issues the iconic diamond mining company is experiencing with South Africa’s Department of Minerals Resources (DMR). With the hold-up of as many as 54 prospecting licence applications for as... →
CoM stands by its decision to boycott gala dinner
By: Anine Kilian 4th October 2017 Chamber of Mines (CoM) CEO Roger Baxter has confirmed that CoM executives and office bearers purposefully decided not to attend Tuesday evening’s Joburg Indaba banquet, where Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane was the guest speaker. “It was not an impetuous decision. It was not a decision... →
CoM should stay away from ‘crook’ Zwane – Pityana
By: Anine Kilian 4th October 2017 AngloGold Ashanti chairperson Sipho Pityana has urged South Africa’s mining lobby, the Chamber of Mines, to stay away from Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane, whom he accused of not being committed to South Africa’s mining industry. “I fully endorse that the Chamber of Mines stays away... →
Rip up charter, provide tax incentives, back junior miners – Maimane
By: Martin Creamer 4th October 2017 Mining Charter Three should be ripped up, proper tax incentives introduced and junior mining enterprises supported to restore investment in the mining industry, which is a stimulator of the South African economy as a whole, Opposition Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane said on Wednesday.... →
ANC will heed Joburg Indaba call for removal of Minerals Minister – Mkhize
By: Martin Creamer 4th October 2017 The majority call by the Joburg Indaba for the government to replace Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane with a new Minister would be communicated to the African National Congress (ANC), which was committed to facilitating an enabling environment for the South African mining industry, ANC... →
Canadian coal industry optimistic on rising tide – video
By: Henry Lazenby 29th September 2017 The number-one issue Canadian coal miners are grappling with is the long timelines and uncertainty that project proponents are dealing with to construct new coal mines. It is the biggest lobby issue on the desk of Coal Association of Canada president Robin Campbell. Watch the attached video as... →
Pan African fields questions on gold hedging, guidance, wages
By: Martin Creamer 26th September 2017 Gold mining company Pan African Resources, which is completely unhedged except for the hedging of 27 000 oz of gold that will be produced next year from its upcoming Elikhulu tailings treatment project, views hedging with extreme caution. In response to Nedbank equity analyst Arnold van Graan,... →
Pan African rolling out vibrant internal growth projects
By: Martin Creamer 21st September 2017 Midtier gold mining company Pan African is rolling out vibrant internal growth projects involving the revival of Evander Mines’ 7 Shaft and the alleviation of congestion at Barberton Mines’ Fairview operation, which will provide the flexibility needed to better exploit what is arguably the... →
Third of Pan African gold from low-cost, low-risk surface tailings
By: Martin Creamer 20th September 2017 More than a third of the yearly gold production of Pan African Resources is destined to arise from low-cost, low-risk tailings businesses, which have long lives ahead of them. Pan African CEO Cobus Loots told investors, analysts and journalists at the company’s presentation of financial results... →
Sasol proposes new R21bn BBBEE ownership transaction
By: Anine Kilian 20th September 2017 JSE-listed Sasol on Wednesday announced a proposed new R21-billion broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) ownership transaction, Sasol Khanyisa, which will replace Sasol’s debt-ridden Sasol Inzalo fund, which expires in June 2018. When Sasol Inzalo lapses, it will not be able to... →
Leagold ‘turning a corner’ at Los Filos as Bermejal upside beckons
By: Henry Lazenby 19th September 2017 Gold miner Leagold Mining is making good progress with transforming the 200 000 oz/y-plus Los Filos mine into a strong, long-lived growth platform with which it can pursue other growth opportunities in Latin America. Speaking to Mining Weekly Online in Vancouver (see attached video), president... →
Sandvik invests in local equipment facility, launches new low-profile load haul dumpers
By: Ilan Solomons 15th September 2017 Mining equipment and services provider Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology last week officially opened its new R15-million production unit in Boksburg. The opening of the new 1 500 m2 facility, which has ten production bays, coincided with the launch of the 5 t Sandvik LH115L low-profile load haul... →
Repackaged technology to serve local minerals market well – FLSmidth
By: Donna Slater 15th September 2017 The repackaging of established technology to process mined minerals is set to serve the local market well, according to mining and cement process technology company FLSmidth. →
Canadian-listed junior plans further drilling to increase Guinea project resource base
By: Mia Breytenbach 15th September 2017 TSX-V-listed Volcanic Gold Mines plans to drill within the significantly expanded mineralized footprint defined by air-core drilling adjacent to the inferred mineral resource at its Mandiana gold project, with a view to a resource increase and is actively orientating its exploration programme... →
Systems water intensive, but more efficient and environment friendly
By: Victor Moolman 15th September 2017 Although ultrahigh-pressure water blasting systems used to clean refineries or cut rock and prepare surfaces on mines will not save water, it is more efficient than using acid washing or abrasive grit blasting techniques, says water jetting solutions provider Total Blasting sales director Bradley... →
Metso showcases ongoing commitment to servicing South African mining sector
By: Ilan Solomons 13th September 2017 This year marks 60 years since global engineering and technology corporation Metso's factory in Vereeniging was established. The factory became part of the Metso group in 1970 and has played "a crucial role" not only in the South African, but also the African mining industry. →
Tailings-savvy DRDGold inviting collaboration, consolidation
By: Martin Creamer 12th September 2017 Surface gold mining company DRDGold, the oldest company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange with more experience than any other mining company in the recovery of gold from tailings dumps, believes that the time may have arrived for the transplanting of its remarkable expertise to other... →
Demand for quality metals amplifying – ARM
By: Martin Creamer 11th September 2017 Global climate change mitigation is amplifying the demand for good quality, low-impurity metals, which are being rewarded with high price premiums. There is a huge drive in China towards better quality, which will eventually use less energy and cause less pollution. (Also watch attached Creamer... →
Success at C-Cut, but earlier design input needed
By: Marleny Arnoldi 8th September 2017 Wear solutions provider Rio-Carb completed a liner supply project for diamond miner Petra Diamonds’ Cullinan mine, near Pretoria, in Gauteng, in June. →
South African mining must be made globally competitive – Motsepe
By: Martin Creamer 7th September 2017 All South Africans need to work together to ensure that the South African mining industry is a globally competitive investment destination, said African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) executive chairperson Patrice Motsepe on Thursday, when he declared the black-controlled company’s highest-ever dividend.... →
Acid mine water used to recover gold from dumps – DRDGold
By: Martin Creamer 6th September 2017 Acid mine drainage (AMD), which is water that has been polluted as a result of mining activity, is being used to relieve the cost burden of the large volume of water needed to recover gold from mine dump material, as well as lower the demand placed on scarce drinking water. Surface mining company... →
Expensive mine dump vegetation going up in flames – DRDGold
By: Martin Creamer 5th September 2017 Surface mining company DRDGold, which has spent more money on vegetating tailings dams in the last ten years than it has paid dividends to shareholders, is seeing its dump vegetation effort going up in smoke at the same time as it comes under criticism from a leading nongovernmental organisation... →
Sandvik unveils new R15m local production facility, launches new LHD line
By: Ilan Solomons 5th September 2017 Mining equipment and services provider Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology on Tuesday officially opened its new R15-million production unit in Boksburg. The opening of the new 1 500 m2 facility, which has ten production bays, coincided with the launch of the 5 t Sandvik LH115L low-profile load... →
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