News This Week
MINE MECHANISATION
Mine mechanisation helping to tackle safety, cost and productivity issues
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The recent focus on South Africa's platinum and gold mines, have intensified owing to labour problems. This in turn has shed some light on the massive labour sector, which surprised the international mining community, as most international...
By: Joanne Taylor
3rd May 2013
MINING EQUIPMENT
Online auctioning of mining equipment increasing in popularity, creating international market
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Through its independent online auction platform, auction solutions provider Clear Asset is opening up the international market for the auctioning of mining, construction, scrap metal and related assets, while reducing the time and effort required...
By: Leandi Kolver
3rd May 2013
WOMEN IN MINING
Research required to deal with the needs of women in underground mining
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The South African mining industry needs to move beyond policy to truly give women in the underground mining environment a voice and dealing with their needs, says University of the Witwatersrand Centre for Sustainability in Mining and Industry...
By: Leandi Kolver
3rd May 2013
BUSINESS AWARDS
Software earns DEM ‘Entrepreneurial Company of the Year’ accolade
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At a time when simulation technologies were not well established in the mining industry, DEM Solutions introduced its EDEM software as a key engineering tool for mining and mineral processing equipment.
3rd May 2013
Coal – 1
Vale seeks peace with potters, continues training Mozambicans
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Brazilian mining group Vale has been negotiating with potters who blockaded its Moatize coal mine in the Tete province of Mozambique for about 24 hours in the middle of last month, the Mozambican newspaper O País reported recently. The potters...
By: Keith Campbell
3rd May 2013
News This Week
Zim Ministries in tussle over coal, methane concessions
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Zimbabwe's Ministry of Energy and Power Development has appealed to the Parliamentary Portfolio on Energy to assist it in regaining the coal and coal-bed methane gas special grants it held in the north-west of the country, which were revoked by...
By: Oscar Nkala
3rd May 2013
MINING EQUIPMENT
Companies combine forces in surface mining equipment data initiative
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Business intelligence supplier IntierraRMG and mining market research organisation The Parker Bay Company have aligned to provide Parker Bay’s Mobile Mining Equipment Database with information on surface mining equipment. The database contains...
By: Leandi Kolver
26th April 2013
Education & Training
Ergo Business Development Academy to cease trading under Ergo Mining banner
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As of July 1, the Ergo Business Development Academy (EBDA), founded by South African gold mining company DRDGold subsidiary Ergo in 2009 as a social and labour plan project, will trade as a separate entity, says EBDA manager Piet Pistorius. While...
By: Leandi Kolver
26th April 2013
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Zircon market glides through recession
‘without much of a speed bump’
Rand-denominated gold, platinum and
crude oil commodities now being traded
on local bourse
Training, skills development critical for minerals beneficiation
Now miners focus on better
capital, cash management
South Deep expected to
produce 300 000 oz in year ending June 2010
Gold Fields’ St Ives mine aiming to return to 500 000-oz/y-producer status
New fund to target coal, renewable-energy projects
Ferrochrome producer completes pioneering conversion of a semiclosed furnace into a closed one
Surging Chinese demand does little to dent excessive ferrochrome capacity
Zircon market glides through recession... 
Rand-denominated gold, platinum and
crude... 
Training, skills development critical for... 
Now miners focus on better
capital, cash... 
South Deep expected to
produce 300 000 oz in... 
Gold Fields’ St Ives mine aiming to return to... 
New fund to target coal, renewable-energy projects 
Ferrochrome producer completes pioneering... 
Surging Chinese demand does little to dent... 
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