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- Telephone: +27 11 709 8765
BME is the leading supplier of explosives to the South African open pit mining and quarrying industry. It offers ground breaking solutions to all its customers and has operations in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mali, Swaziland, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Malawi, Senegal and Zambia. It also trades into Mozambique and the DRC.
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Mining the benefits of Industry 4.0
10th July 2019 Mining companies have become much better at investing in the mines of today – but what about investing in the mines of the future? Industry 4.0, also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the fusion of production, information and communication technologies, offers a significant opportunity... →
Strike ends at Chile's Chuquicamata copper mine after vote on Codelco offer
By: Reuters 28th June 2019 The three main labor unions at Chile's Chuquicamata mine voted on Thursday to accept the latest contract offer from Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, ending a two-week-old strike that had docked output at the sprawling copper deposit. The unions, which make up 80% of the workforce at... →
OroTree will not exercise right to acquire ERPM mining infrastructure assets
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 26th June 2019 Dual-listed DRDGold on Wednesday announced that Malaysian exploration company OroTree had elected not to exercise an option to acquire the mining infrastructure assets to access the deep underground ounces of the East Rand Proprietary Mines (ERPM) gold mine in Boksburg. OroTree, which acquired... →
Los Filos expansion kicks off
By: Mariaan Webb 26th June 2019 Vancouver-based Leagold Mining has initiated the expansion of its Los Filos mine, in Mexico, following the closing of $400-million in financing that it secured for a phased growth plan to become a 600 000 oz/y to 700 000 oz/y producer. The company previously announced a tentative schedule for... →
‘Platinum Valley’ SEZ in three months – Patel 
By: Martin Creamer 26th June 2019 The legal entity for the Bojanala Platinum Valley Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in North West, which already has an investment pipeline in place, will be set up in the next three months, Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel promised on Tuesday evening. Fuel cell development is listed as the... →
Northam Breathes New Life Into Eland
26th June 2019 Thumbs-up for Kukama project Northam is pleased to advise its shareholders that mining operations at the Kukama shaft situated at its Eland mine complex will recommence in the new financial year (F2020). →
Australia's mining future unleashed as AIMEX Conference is announced
26th June 2019 Technological advancements, workforce changes, community collaborations and environmental challenges are just some of the concepts that will be grappled with when the future of Australia's mining industry is unleashed at Australia's largest and longest running mining exhibition and conference in... →
Using proximity detection technology in mining safety training
26th June 2019 While underground mines are unquestionably safer than they once were, accidents and injuries associated with mobile machinery remain a primary concern. →
Lanxess Mine strike: Mineworkers' health at risk, two more taken to hospital
By: African News Agency 26th June 2019 The health of some of the hundreds of mine workers who are staging a sit-in underground at Lanxess mine outside Rustenburg was deteriorating, said a worker who spoke to a union representative using a two-way radio on Wednesday. The worker was speaking from underground to National Union of... →
Rubicon to provide new conceptual mine plan for Phoenix
By: Mariaan Webb 25th June 2019 The Phoenix gold project, once one of the hottest new gold projects in Canada’s Red Lake gold mining district, is set to rise again, CEO George Ogilvie said on Tuesday, announcing that a new conceptual mine plan would be ready in the third quarter. The company previously planned to publish a new... →
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