By Vassie Maharaj and Dr Vidette Bester, SRK Consulting After more than a decade since the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights was ratified, the impact of mining and... 

First ore has been processed in the wet concentrator at the project. 

The project has a potential five-million-tonne-a-year throughput. 

Kamoa Copper has selected a mining machinery company to supply a high-capacity direct blister furnace to expand the project. 

The Prieska copper/zinc mine is now on its way towards commercial production. 

Pensana has progressed to the construction phase at its Longonjo rare earths mining project, in Angola, and its Saltend processing hub, in the UK. 

Kore Potash’s local subsidiary company has received a letter from the Minister of Mines of Congo-Brazzaville regarding progress at the Kola project. 

As flood events become more frequent and severe, South Africa will need to lift its game in disaster management to become more resilient. This means not just better maintenance of infrastructure,... 

Engineering consultancy SRK Global has appointed SRK Consulting Argentina practice leader Alejo Sfriso as chairperson, succeeding Mark Noppé, who is leaving to take up the position of director of... 

In the journey towards decarbonisation, the South African mining sector is taking its first steps toward renewable self-generation; what will need to follow is a more systematic and integrated... 

Established world leader in mining and exploration technology, Micromine, has announced that its annual virtual event, Micromine Momentum, will stream live and exclusively on 27 October 2022. Now... 

The complexity of shear zones in openpit mines came under the spotlight at the recent RocScience Africa conference in Accra, Ghana. Presenting a paper on a case study from a West African mine,... 

Giyani Metals Corp has announced the results of a life-cycle assessment, prepared by Minviro, based on the feasibility study for its K.Hill battery-grade manganese project. 

SEPCO Electric Power Construction Corporation – a subsidiary of Power Construction Corporation of China – has delivered the engineering, procurement and construction proposal for the construction... 

Canadian developer GoviEx has confirmed the strength of its Madaouela project, in Niger, delivering a positive feasibility study at a time when inflationary pressures are having a significant... 

Capital cost estimates for a standalone uranium/vanadium operation at Lake Maitland, at the Wiluna project, in Western Australia, amount to A$270-million, or $202.5-million. ASX-listed Toro Energy... 

Dysfunctional wastewater treatment plants pose a health hazard for residents living downstream along watercourses and have a negative impact on the environment, says consultancy firm SRK Consulting... 

Fortune Bay is doing a preliminary economic assessment to define the optimal development path for the Goldfields project before initiating further resource delineation drilling and/or development... 

The local working environment has changed to allow women to benefit from opportunities in engineering-related industries, says consulting engineers SRK Consulting MD Vis Reddy. This has set in... 

A 2022 optimisation study has decreased the cost of the project by $520-million. 

Ivanhoe Mines has reported that Kamoa Copper’s dedbottlenecking programme is progressing according to schedule. 

Ivanhoe Mines has reported that underground mine works are advancing well. 

Women working as consulting engineers and scientists are opening doors of opportunity in mining by breaking down discriminatory attitudes and creating role models for the future, with the... 

The 2022 drill programme at the Donlin gold project has been “extremely exciting” and “rewarding", Novagold CEO Greg Lang has said. 

Pensana has broken ground at its Saltend rare earth processing hub. 

Kamoa Copper has selected a mining technology company to supply key concentrator plant equipment for its copper mining complex expansion. 

Kore Potash expects the engineering, procurement and construction contract proposal for the construction of the Kola potash project to be ready by August. 

This week: Madison betting big on uranium price, demand resurgence; Basing analysis solely on data can result in treasure being mistaken for trash; and, Leakproof oxyfuel system launched at... 

Applying subject matter expertise to process data streams for accuracy is a necessary part of mining’s new digital age, according to SRK Consulting Global chief technology officer Mike Olsen.... 

Pensana has initiated a design and cost-estimate study for the production of heavy rare earths at the project. 

Osisko Development has advised of its subsidiary Barkerville Gold Mines’ entering into a participation agreement with Williams Lake First Nation to jointly develop the Cariboo gold project. 

Orion Minerals has said that it has received “highly encouraging” initial assay results from an in-fill drilling programme designed to upgrade the existing shallow inferred resource in the +105... 

Consulting engineers and scientists SRK Consulting partner and principal environmental scientist Manda Hinsch says the quality of drinking water declines when infrastructure is vulnerable to... 

Strandline Resources’ Coburn mineral sands project has facilitated the start of openpit mine development two months ahead of schedule. 

The Phase 1 and 2 concentrator plants at the Kamoa-Kakula mine have surpassed their 7.6-million-tonne-a-year throughput design capacity for the third consecutive month. 

The Nimba Development Company has started with a preliminary technical information exchange process with the government of Guinea. 

On June 29, Orion Minerals announced a capital raise to fund the company’s Prieska copper/zinc mine. 

The rebuilding of damaged infrastructure, in KwaZulu-Natal, after the devastating floods, will be a good test for the consulting engineering sector’s capacity to supplement skills shortages, says... 

Giyani Metals aims to have the feasibility study for its K.Hill project completed in the third quarter of this year. 

Orion Minerals has announced a three-tranche share placement to sophisticated and professional investors to partly fund the development of the project.  

Only a very little portion of equity is still required for the restart of the Prieska copper/zinc mine, Orion has said. 

Giyani Metals has completed a reverse circulation infill drill programme at the K. Hill Extension deposit for a total 4 561 m.