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SRK provides expert advice and solutions for clients requiring specialised services, mainly in the fields of mining, geotechnics, water, waste and the environment.
SRK seeks to serve clients across a range of industries that are primarily natural resource based. The firm’s primary business is the provision of professional consulting services.
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Gold miners must focus on returns, mergers to attract investment - Barrick CEO
By: Reuters 22nd May 2019 Gold miners must focus on maximising returns and more mergers to attract investors seeking to diversify after years of under-investing in mines, Barrick Gold's chief executive said on Wednesday. "The industry is in decline and we have put ourselves in a very a tight spot because we haven't... →
Industrialisation to help South Africa’s mining cluster compete globally
By: Simone Liedtke 22nd May 2019 If industrialization is done properly through advancing the South African mining cluster and using the sector as a driver for industrialisation, the sector has huge potential to operate not only at scale but also to compete in the world market, says Minerals Council South Africa chief economist... →
Minerals Council welcomes safety improvements, but warns of continuing policy concerns 
By: Nadine James 22nd May 2019 The Minerals Council South Africa will, later this year, launch a new health and safety initiative called Khumbela iKhaya, council chaiperson Mxolisi Mgojo revealed on Wednesday. Addressing the council's annual general meeting, he noted that appreciable improvements in the health and safety... →
Mining fatalities among ICMM member companies decrease again
By: Marleny Arnoldi 22nd May 2019 International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) member companies recorded 50 fatalities in 2018, compared with the 51 recorded in 2017 and the 63 recorded in 2016. Eleven of ICMM’s 27 member companies reported no fatalities in 2018, compared with eight in 2017. These companies were Africa... →
Jupiter Gold set to become cash flow positive
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 22nd May 2019 Gold royalty company Jupiter Gold on Wednesday reported that its first royalty project, the Pindaíba project, operated by Brazil Minerals, was expected to begin production in the third quarter of 2019. The company’s gold recovery plant would be used in operations and Jupiter Gold would receive a... →
Mining sector facing similar ‘bullying tactics’ to that hindering construction
By: Nadine James 22nd May 2019 Similar “bullying tactics” to those that are causing significant disruption in the South African construction industry, is also affecting the mining industry, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter confirmed on Wednesday. In a media briefing following the council’s annual general meeting... →
AfriTin secures £4.7m to bring Uis Phase 1 into production
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 22nd May 2019 Aim-listed AfriTin Mining has secured additional financing that will enable it to bring the Phase 1 pilot plant at its flagship Uis tin mine, in Namibia, into production. The company raised about £3-million through the issue of 99.61-million ordinary shares. →
Zimbabwe mine output subdued in first quarter as dollar crunch bites
By: Reuters 22nd May 2019 Zimbabwe's mining sector was subdued in the first quarter due to a severe dollar crunch that affected production, with gold the most hit, the mining chamber said, adding some bullion miners had experienced recently introduced power cuts. Mining generates most of the export earnings for the... →
Vanggatfontein to ramp up to full output two weeks ahead of schedule
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 22nd May 2019 JSE-listed Wescoal on Wednesday said it had resumed coal mining, handling and processing activities at the Vanggatfontein mine as of May 20 and that the mine was expected to ramp-up to full production in early June – two weeks ahead of schedule. In late April, the coal producer was forced to halt... →
Qld Premier ‘sick’ of Adani delays
By: Esmarie Iannucci 22nd May 2019 Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has instructed the Coordinator-General to set a timetable for the resolution of two outstanding approvals for Indian major Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine, saying she was “sick” of the delays. “The community is sick of it, I’m sick of it, everyone... →
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