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Eskom gearing up to run philosophy maintenance ‘as a project’ following Covid-19 hiatus

By: Terence Creamer 1st April 2020 State-owned electricity producer Eskom is gearing up to implement philosophy maintenance as a centralised project across its unreliable coal fleet, where ongoing breakdowns have increased the risk of growth- and confidence-sapping load-shedding. The utility’s board has given its approval for the... →

Safer tailings storage facilities can be achieved − SRK

By: Simone Liedtke 30th March 2020 Safer tailings storage facilities (TSFs) – or tailings dams – can be achieved when mine owners, contractors and engineering consultants work closely together, says SRK Consulting senior geotechnical engineer Linda Spies. Speaking after a recent Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy... →

Industry experts come together on tailings dams

27th March 2020 Safer tailings storage facilities (TSFs) – or tailings dams – can be achieved when mine owners, contractors and engineering consultants work closely together, according to SRK Consulting senior geotechnical engineer Linda Spies. Speaking after a recent Southern African Institute of Mining and... →

Cardinal expands Namindi footprint in Ghana

By: Esmarie Iannucci 26th March 2020 Dual listed Cardinal resources has increased the mining license area of its Namindi gold project, in Ghana, more than three fold. The ASX- and TSX-listed company on Thursday reported that the mining license for Namindi had increased from an area of 19 km2 to 63 km2, with the license stretching... →

Mining Weekly iPhone and Android Apps available for free download

20th March 2020 Creamer Media’s readers continue to be part of the mobile revolution. Over 20% of Creamer Media’s online readers view the websites on their mobile devices. To cater for this growing mobile readership Creamer Media offers a MiningWeekly.com app for iPhone and Android users. These apps offer... →

Miners join forces on hydrogen to decarbonise operations

By: Esmarie Iannucci 18th March 2020 Mining majors BHP, Fortescue Anglo American and consulting engineering group Hatch have formed a Green Hydrogen Consortium to jointly accelerate decarbonisation within their global operations. The goal of the consortium is to identify opportunities to develop green hydrogen technologies for the... →

No immediate power tariff impact, but first court ruling portends material future hikes

By: Terence Creamer 13th March 2020 The Eskom tariff increase for 2020/21 tabled before lawmakers this week provides no scope for any further hikes this year beyond those already sanctioned for April 1 by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) in previous price determinations and regulatory clearing account (RCA)... →

Monadelphous reports fatality

By: Esmarie Iannucci 9th March 2020 Engineering firm Monadelphous has reported a fatality at its workshop services facility, in Kalgoorlie. The ASX-listed company told shareholders that it would be conducting a thorough investigation into the accident, which took place on Saturday, and will be working with the relevant authorities. →

Ivanhoe reports ‘excellent progress’ at Kamoa-Kakula

By: Simone Liedtke 9th March 2020 Development of TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines’ Kakula mine, the first of multiple planned mining areas at Kamoa-Kakula, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is said to be making “excellent progress”, with civil works advancing rapidly and initial copper concentrate production from the mine on... →

On-The-Air (06/03/2020)

By: Martin Creamer 6th March 2020 South Africa’s biggest black-managed and black-controlled platinum mining company is taking steps to generate its own renewable electricity. Royal Bafokeng Platinum has a policy of giving all its employees the opportunity to fund their own dignified homes. South Africa is hopelessly short of... →

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