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SA mining adopting, driving 4IR as its transformation journey continues 
By: Natasha Odendaal 21st June 2019 The mining industry in South Africa is continuing its transformation journey as it adjusts to the ever-increasing pace of the prevailing technological revolution, with the 100-plus-year-old industry, steeped in tradition and at times crisis, seeking out new ways of adapting to this era of change.... →
Real-time data playing bigger maintenance role
By: Tracy Hancock 21st June 2019 As the world gears up for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, African mines are embracing real-time information management systems to plug the gap left by the shortage of competent maintenance supervisors and mining equipment operators, Mining Equipment Manufacturers of South Africa CEO Ossie... →
SA mining adopting, driving 4IR as its transformation journey continues
By: Natasha Odendaal 21st June 2019 The mining industry in South Africa is continuing its transformation journey as it adjusts to the ever-increasing pace of the prevailing technological revolution, with the 100-plus-year-old industry, steeped in tradition and at times crisis, seeking out new ways of adapting to this era of change.... →
Sarama resumes exploration activities at South Houndé
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 13th June 2019 West Africa-focused gold explorer and developer Sarama Resources has restarted exploration activities at its South Houndé project in Burkina Faso, with a focus on oxide targets. This restart follows the recent agreement to terminate the company’s earn-in agreement with Acacia Mining. →
Foundry company plans further expansion into Zambia
By: Mc'Kyla Nortje 13th June 2019 South Africa-based foundry and engineering company Thos Begbie’s Zambian branch will expand its workshop into a fully equipped heavy machine and fabrication shop with fabrication facilities to cater for other industries. Thos Begbie Zambia MD Piet du Preez highlights this as the medium- to... →
Wet Prime Pumps Win in Mining
By: Creamer Media Reporter 13th June 2019 Mines, quarries and constructions sites deploy portable diesel powered trash pumps to handle excess dirty water. There two types; wet prime pumps, where water is added to the pump chamber to prime the unit, or dry prime units which use a vacuum pump to assist with priming. The huge advantage wet... →
The Evolution of Design Trends in Industrial Machinery
11th June 2019 The influence of changes in human society and activity has always been the underlying motivation behind major trends in the development of everyday objects, and the trends and changes we’ve witnessed in the fields of industry and industrial machinery are no exception. From the moment the... →
The true cost of downtime in the mining sector and benchmarks for measuring reliability
5th June 2019 The South African mining industry has performed poorly over the past ten years, with its contribution to the national GDP having halved since 1994. Year-on-year production fell by 3,3% in January, according to Statistics South Africa, with downtime, power outages and uncertainty around regulatory... →
Lithium mining superpowers seek riches as battery makers
By: Bloomberg 4th June 2019 The race by Tesla, Samsung SDI and other technology giants to secure supplies of lithium — a key ingredient in batteries for electric vehicles and smartphones — is creating a unique chance for two global mining superpowers to reap more value from their natural resources. Australia and Chile are... →
South African foundry aims to become one-stop shop
By: Mc'Kyla Nortje 31st May 2019 South African foundry and engineering company Thos Begbie has extended its service offering by adding a new graphite facility to its production line having acquired a new graphite carbon refractory plant last year at its manufacturing campus in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. The new graphite facility,... →
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