UMK ‘comes of age’ as it opens final infrastructure

United Manganese of Kalahari (UMK) had “come of age” as it unveiled its now fully operational manganese mine, near Hotazel, less than 10 years after the formation of its joint venture (JV). The R1.2-billion mine, developed by a 49:51 JV...

Transnet moves on plan to build heavy-haul manganese corridor to Coega

A R2.3-billion project to upgrade the railways network from the manganese-rich Northern Cape province to the Port of Ngqura, in the Eastern Cape, has been approved, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) CEO Siyabonga Gama revealed on Tuesday. Speaking at a...

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...

Critical alternative rare earths sources remain elusive well after 2010 curbs

Following the global economic downturn of 2008/09 and a series of events and press reports in 2010 that coined what some referred to as the “rare-earth crisis,” there has been a glut of new rare earths projects starting out, yet few have...

Kolomela mine, South Africa

An iron-ore mine located 22 km from Postmasburg, in South Africa’s Northern Cape province.

Kolomela mine, South Africa

An iron-ore mine located 22 km from Postmasburg, in South Africa’s Northern Cape province.

Mining industry set to benefit from Foundational Learning Competence programme

Adult basic education and training (Abet) specialist Media Works has launched its Foundational Learning Competence (FLC) programme that will benefit the country’s dominant mining industry and its workforce, says Media Works CEO and founder...

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Company provides new dust filtering system to mine

Industrial solutions provider Rand Technical Services (RTS) reports that it supplied a variable speed drive (VSD) system to mechanical products and control manufacturer Danfoss last year. The VSD system was used in a dust extraction system on...

Kumba Iron Ore targeting 10% to 15% water saving by 2020

Diversified major Anglo American subsidiary Kumba Iron Ore is making a concerted effort to achieve a 10% to 15% water saving by 2020, the company states in its yearly social and community development newspaper, Boswa Ba Rona, released last month....

Manganese, iron-ore junior awards beneficiation plant contract

Manganese and iron-ore junior Diro Resources has contracted bulk materials handling solutions provider ELB Engineering Services to design, supply and construct a 200-t/h dense-medium separation (DMS) plant and related infrastructure to beneficiate...

New technology ensures progress in opencast mining

Project management company DRA Mineral Projects reports that it has completed Phase 2 of the opencast iron-ore expansion project (KEP) a manganese ore and alloy company Assmang’s Khumani mine, in the Northern Cape, and comissioned a new wet,...