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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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On-The-Air (24/05/2019) 
24th May 2019 Researchers this week made a strong call to mining companies to stop sending people into deep underground mines and to use remote machinery instead. South African manganese is helping fuel cells to be more affordable, which will be a big boost for platinum. A greater sense of purpose is emerging... →
Bartons delays hits Millennium balance sheet, production forecast
By: Esmarie Iannucci 24th May 2019 Gold miner Millennium Minerals has reached an in-principle agreement with shareholder IMC Group for a A$20-million mezzanine debt facility to provide working capital as delays at the Bartons underground and the sulphide plant at Nullagine, in Western Australia, continued. The gold miner on... →
Canadian miner said to be in talks to buy Zimbabwe gold project
By: Bloomberg 24th May 2019 Canada-based B2Gold is considering buying an idled Zimbabwean gold mine – if it can be exempted from a law that requires producers to sell all the metal to the country’s central bank, people familiar with the situation said. Securing an exemption may open the way for further investment by gold... →
Company progresses copper/silver project
24th May 2019 Venture capital firm and owner of the Khoemacau copper/silver project Cupric Canyon Capital has made significant progress towards the construction of what is to be a major copper and silver mine in north-west Botswana and expects first copper concentrate production in the first half of 2021.... →
Explorer advances copper project, growth strategy
24th May 2019 Copper exploration and development company MOD Resources is progressing with its growth strategy as the T3 openpit copper project in the Kalahari copperbelt, in northern Botswana, continues towards a decision to mine. The company and its advisers are advancing a range of funding options with... →
India’s SCCL developing greenfield underground coal mine
By: Ajoy K Das 23rd May 2019 Moving against a general trend among Indian miners of closing down underground mines, State-run Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has started work on developing a new underground mine in the southern state of Telangana. SCCL will develop the Kalyani Khani-6 Incline block in Telangana... →
Mincor snaps up idled nickel mine in Kambalda
By: Esmarie Iannucci 23rd May 2019 ASX-listed Mincor Resources has acquired the Long nickel operation, in Western Australia, from diversified miner Independence Group for up to A$9.5-million. The Long nickel operation was placed on care and maintenance in mid-2018, following the production of more than 135 000 t of nickel-in-ore,... →
NUM members end underground sit-in at Chinese mine in NW after five days
By: African News Agency 23rd May 2019 The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) confirmed on Wednesday night that all mineworkers who staged a sit-in underground at the Chinese African Precious Metal Company (CAPM) in Orkney, in the North West since last weekend, have resurfaced from underground after their salary demands were met. At... →
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... →
Canadian miner Pure Gold starts trading on LSE
By: Mariaan Webb 21st May 2019 Canadian gold development company Pure Gold Mining on Tuesday made its debut on the LSE main market, in the UK, trading at 32.50p a share. The listing, which is alongside the company’s existing Toronto listing, will introduce Pure Gold to European and UK investors as it approaches the... →
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