Company emphasises advantages of gas cleaning technology for SA ferroalloys industry

The recent power constraints and price hikes in the country should prompt the South African ferroalloy industry to consider using technology to turn furnace off-gas into energy, says Germany-based gas cleaning specialists Theisen Engineering....

Company experiences success with rotary kiln division

Manufacturer and supplier to the mining, smelter and minerals processing industries, the Dickinson Group, established a dedicated rotary kiln division last year, focusing on all the furnace industries that use rotary kilns. CEO Trevor Dickinson...

Company reports soaring demand for risk management programmes

Mining solutions provider JKTech has noted a rapid increase in demand for its Global Minerals Industry Risk Management (G-MIRM) suite of risk management training programmes over the past two years, confirming the value it adds to organisations,...

Does new technology offer rich, long-life for SA’s ultradeep mines?

South African technology, the nomenclature AngloGold Ashanti has chosen for its modern new “game-changing” mechanical-cutting mining application, has passed the test at the company’s Tau Tona pilot site.

Ivanplats’ Africa confidence, new Botswana kimberlite, mining, farming coexistence

Ivanplats is moving to finalise its right to mine South Africa’s platinum- and coproduct-rich Platreef; TSX-V-listed explorer Pangolin Diamonds reports the discovery of new kimberlite in Botswana;and Australian case studies show how mining and...

Mining contract expands service offering

Mining contractor Concor Opencast Mining, a division of construction firm Murray & Roberts Construction, tells Mining Weekly that, in addition to its opencast mining services, it is considering venturing into chemical and hot-waste handling, with...

Skills training imperative for achieving fatality-free shifts

Mining services company NewRak Mining senior GM Andy Brown tells Mining Weekly that, to date, the company has successfully achieved seven years and ten months of fall-of-ground fatality-free shifts at its operations.

Second Take: New migrant labour deal proposal

Creamer Media's Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about union pioneer Dr James Motlatsi's new migrant labour deal proposals.

Development of AMD treatment plants for Wits basin under way – Molewa

The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) has made “good progress” with regard to the challenge of acid mine drainage (AMD) in the Witwatersrand area since the inception of an inter-Ministerial committee on AMD in 2010, Water and Environmental...

17/05/2013 (On-The-Air)

Successful new gold mining technology is being tipped as the game changer for the entire South African mining industry and not just gold

Alternative rare earths remain elusive three years after curbs

Following the global economic downturn of 2008/9 and a series of events and press reports in 2010 that coined what some referred to as the “rare-earths crisis”, there has been a glut of new rare earths projects starting out, yet few have...

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,...