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Mining Services News
New program quantifies seismics
By: System Author 24th September 1999 A new computer program, used to quantify seismic hazards on mines, has been released by the Safety in Mines Project Support Services together with the Council of Geoscience. →
Recovery system hits gold
By: System Author 24th September 1999 New Mining Technologies →
Using reeds to purify mine water
By: System Author 24th September 1999 Reed-bed systems can be used successfully as a water-purification system for coalmines. →
Shotcrete now standard and membranes on way
By: System Author 24th September 1999 With steel-fibre-reinforced shotcrete now accepted as a standard shaftsinking and tunnelling support medium, the next challenge is to gain the same acceptance for superskin membranes in gullies and stopes. →
Breaking rock without the bang
By: System Author 24th September 1999 New Mining Technology →
Put a rock in your oven . . .
By: System Author 24th September 1999 Microwaving rock: the latest recipe in metallurgy kitchen →
Flotation system is perfected
By: System Author 17th September 1999 Coal →
Outsourcer opens Jo’burg office
By: System Author 17th September 1999 With outsourcing becoming a trend in the South African mining industry, procurement specialist CTA believes its new South African office in Johannesburg will acquire an important section of this market. →
New Cape research facility
By: System Author 17th September 1999 A depressant research facility to characterise and investigate the use of polymeric →
News diamond-exploration tool
By: System Author 10th September 1999 Exploration for diamonds off the South African coastline is set to intensify with the announcement that Namibian Minerals Corporation has placed an order for a new R8-million under-sea exploration tool. →
Noteworthy African potential
By: System Author 10th September 1999 Base Metals →
40 more laser meters for diamond-mine
By: System Author 3rd September 1999 An additional 40 laser meters have been ordered for the Orapa 2000 mine expansion project in Botswana. →
Canadian mill shopping spree
By: System Author 3rd September 1999 Crushing and Milling →
New comminution methods researched
By: System Author 3rd September 1999 Crushing and Milling →
New-plant testwork grinds on
By: System Author 3rd September 1999 Crushing and Milling →
How to have ‘good vibrations’
By: System Author 3rd September 1999 Crushing and Milling →
New incline shaft-sinking tech
By: System Author 27th August 1999 Drilling, tunnelling & shaftsinking →
New player doubles turnover
By: System Author 27th August 1999 Drilling, tunnelling and shaftsinking →
Lean operating approach sinks in
By: System Author 27th August 1999 Drilling, tunnelling and shaftsinking →
‘Ideal’ shallow-hole drill rig
By: System Author 27th August 1999 Cementation Mining →
Refinery starts with semis
By: System Author 13th August 1999 Gold →
Gold brands to be launched
By: System Author 13th August 1999 Gold →
The great platinum story
By: System Author 13th August 1999 South Africa this year celebrates 75 years since the discovery in 1924 of the largest platinum reserve in the world in the Bushveld Complex, Northern Province. →
Lining-systems contract
By: System Author 6th August 1999 Specialist geomembrane-lining contractor Aquatan Lining Systems, of Johannesburg, was awarded the contract for the supply and installation of the lining systems at Afrikander Lease. →
Human factor still pivotal
By: System Author 30th July 1999 South African mineworkers have the perception that they cannot contribute to safety in mines, which could have a fatal result on mining operations, states a research report for the Safety in Mines Advisory and Research Committee (Simrac) undertaken by Potchefstroom University Business School... →
A smelterless technology studied for nickel project
By: System Author 30th July 1999 An advanced new technology – involving smelterless on-site refining – is being studied for the Nkomati mine in Mpumalanga, where a new expansion is being considered, Mining Weekly can today report. A R15-million feasibility study is under way which will be completed in June 2000. With... →
R5,2-million electrical and instrumentation contracts carried out
By: System Author 30th July 1999 THE commissioning of a R1-million automation installation at the Beeshoek iron-ore mine’s plant is the culmination of R5,2-million-worth of contracts carried out by electrical-instrumentation contractor Wade Walker, member Steve Walker tells Mining Weekly. The independent contracting firm... →
Mid-South outsourced
By: System Author 30th July 1999 For Assmang to meet the 5,5-million tons-a-year iron-ore target at Beeshoek in two years, a heavy media separation jig plant is required. Avmin ferrous metal director Jan Steenkamp report an 8-million-ton dump of non-conforming contaminated ore could be treated by the jig plant at a rate of up to... →
Jhb symposium a blast
By: System Author 30th July 1999 Johannesburg will provide an unparalleled opportunity to rub shoulders with some of the biggest players in international explosives expertise. Taking place once every three years, the sixth international symposium for rock fragmentation by blasting, Fragblast 6, will be presented by the South... →
Putting SA back on map
By: System Author 30th July 1999 Putting South Africa back on the explosives map is the main aim and vision driving AECI Explosives Limited (AEL), of Johannesburg, into the future, MD Dr Graham Edwards tells Mining Weekly. He points out that South Africa was probably the biggest mining country in the world in the 1950s, and... →
Most exciting gem find in 100 years
By: System Author 23rd July 1999 Johannesburg gemstone specialist African Gem Resources (Afgem) has managed to corner the market on Tanzanite, or “the most exciting gem find in a hundred years”, as Tiffany & Company vice-president Henry Platt puts it. To date, the only commercially-viable source of Tanzanite was at... →
SA bioleaching for Mexico
By: System Author 23rd July 1999 Mining technology specialist Mintek, together with its technology partner, Bactech, of Australia, has entered into an agreement with Industrias Penoles de CV, of Mexico, to commercialise base-metal bioleaching technology. In terms of the agreement Penoles will fund an initial development... →
R30m crusher
By: System Author 16th July 1999 Turnkey equipment, plant and product support supplier IMS Engineering of Johannesburg was awarded R30-million worth of orders for cone crushers as well as for the primary gyratory crusher for the Orapa 2000 expansion project in Botswana. The first four cone crushers for the existing tertiary... →
Marine process plant contract
By: System Author 16th July 1999 The contract to design the process plant for Namibian Minerals Corporation’s (Namco)‚ Mark II vessel, which is planned to be operating off the diamond-rich west coast of Southern Africa by the middle of next year, has been awarded to Dowding Reynard and Associates (DRA) of... →
Total mineral-processing solution
By: System Author 16th July 1999 Complete mineral-processing solutions are provided by Outokumpu in the form of physical separation, flotation, and dewatering technology, as well as analysers and automation systems. The company’s Carpco division is an innovator and leader in the recovery of titanium and associated minerals... →
R3-million transfer chutes
By: System Author 16th July 1999 The R3-million transfer chutes for the Orapa 2000 expansion project in Botswana were supplied by bulk materials-handler M&J Engineering of Wadeville, Gauteng. The contract was awarded at the end of 1997. Project manager Peter Barthel reports that the company already had an estimated 40 chutes in... →
Geologist backs junior’s claims
By: System Author 9th July 1999 With the market only tolerating companies with rock-solid assets, doubts about the prospects of junior mining exploration company Noble Minerals seem to have been a contributing factor in its poor listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in June. Noble is 30% complete with physical exploration... →
Chileans take a shine to Zambian copper
By: System Author 2nd July 1999 A team of 14 engineers and geologists from Chile’s state-owned copper company, Codelco, is now in Southern Africa, working with Anglo American plc staff on their proposed copper joint venture (JV) in Zambia. The Chileans, who include metallurgical engineers and mining engineers, are... →
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