Asbestos Relief Trust pays out R250m to 3 600 claimants in ten years

Workmen’s compensation fund the Asbestos Relief Trust (ART) will mark its tenth year of existence in July, having provided compensatory relief to mineworkers suffering from asbestos-related diseases (ARDs) since July 2003. The ART has, to date,...

BME increases in-house manufacture of mobile mining units

Increasing the in-house manufacturing of its mobile mining units (MMUs) is helping explosives supplier BME to further improve its client service levels and market penetration in Africa.

CCTV used to manage theft and safety on Botswana mine

Security solutions provider Tyco Integrated Fire and Security has supplied a fully integrated security solution to a diamond mine, in Botswana, with closed-circuit television (CCTV) – a first in the Botswana mining industry – and access...

Morupule South coal project, Botswana

Hodges Resources has secured a 75% shareholding in the Morupule South coal project.

Namibian industry set for growth – investment adviser

The Namibian mining industry is set to be worth about N$37.8-billion by 2017, says investment and development adviser Africa Practice. An initial study in October showed the industry would be worth about N$40-billion by 2016; the revised figures...

Pangolin Diamonds discovers kimberlite in Botswana

TSX-V-listed explorer Pangolin Diamonds has discovered kimberlite within its 1 545 square kilometre Tsabong North project, in Botswana, heralding the firm’s graduation from being an explorer to being a discoverer. The company, which in March...

Impact sells off noncore Botswana assets

Junior developer Impact Minerals has taken the decision to sell off four of its noncore prospecting licences in the northern part of its Botswana uranium project. The four licences would be transferred to Sechaba Natural Resources for a total of...

Creamer Media publishes African Mining Roundup for April 2013 research report

This month’s report includes details of Canadian gold miner Kinross Gold’s prefeasibility study to expand its Tasiast gold mine, in Mauritania; Aim-listed Weatherly International’s environmental clearance for its Namibian Tschudi copper...

Hodges earns its stripes at Morupule South

Coal developer Hodges Resources has secured a 75% shareholding in the Morupule South coal project, in Botswana. Under the terms of an earn-in agreement, Hodges paid $500 000 on the execution of the agreement and spent a further $3-million in...

African Copper Q4 output up 45%

Aim-listed African Copper produced 2 429 t of copper in concentrate at its wholly owned mines in Botswana in the quarter ended March 31, a 45.2% year-on-year increase in production. The Mowana mine delivered record production of 1 314 t of copper...

10/05/2013 (On-The-Air)

South Africa and Botswana are collaborating to boost the export of coal from Southern Africa; South Africa’s new Coal Roadmap process under way places a massive “urgent” sign over securing future coal supplies for Eskom; and The Chamber of...

Mining companies bound firmly by South Africa’s law

Sustainability law firm Warburton Gunn Attorneys partner Adam Gunn tells Mining Weekly that South Africa has strong environmental laws to regulate the mining industry. Currently, opencast mining is regulated in the same way as underground mining...