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 awarded JV contract for largest Namibian uranium project

Engineering, procurement and construction management services provider to the mining and minerals industry Tenova Bateman’s sub-Saharan Africa division was awarded a joint venture (JV) contract with engineering consulting and project management...

Company expands footprint in Africa

Global market leader and third-party support company Spinnaker Support signed a strategic partnership with South African distribution company Mantrasys in March. Spinnaker Support will provide a range of advanced technology and enterprise...

Company Announcement: Partnership ethos marketed to best-of-breed

The first Bigen Africa Partnership Conference was held in March at the CSIR conference facility in Pretoria – attended by hand-picked stakeholders and potential partners from across the globe

Marikana tragedy has changed industry forever – consultancy

Natural resource and development solutions provider SRK Consulting South Africa chairperson Roger Dixon tells Mining Weekly that the breakdown of the central bargaining system in the South African mining industry has changed the industry and that...

Company Announcement: Ncondezi Signs Power Framework Agreement with Mozambique Government

Ncondezi Coal Company Limited is pleased to announce that it has successfully concluded a Power Framework Agreement with the Government of Mozambique in respect of the Ncondezi Power Project in the Tete Province, northern Mozambique

Ncondezi concludes power agreement with Mozambique government

Aim-listed Ncondezi Coal has concluded a power framework agreement with the Mozambique government in relation to its proposed 1 800 MW Ncondezi power project in the Tete province. The agreement would govern the relationship between Ncondezi and...

Company Announcement: Lift-Off for WorleyParsons Global Delivery Hub Project

A major new initiative in the global and African EPCM (Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management) market was given lift-off recently with the official launch of the expanded WorleyParsons resources and energy organisation, on the back...

African countries urged to rethink use of mineral revenues for poverty reduction

The outlook for economic growth across sub-Saharan Africa remained robust for the forthcoming three years, but a new World Bank analysis shows that poverty is not declining at a similarly robust pace, particularly in those African economies that...

Obtala sells portion of Bushveld shareholding

Aim-listed Obtala Resources will sell a portion of its shareholding in sub-Saharan Africa-focused mining company Bushveld Minerals to Endulwini Mining for £13-million. Endulwini would acquire 100-million shares in Bushveld Minerals at 13p a share.

African Potash records profit after Patagonia acquisition

Aim-listed African investment company African Potash has incurred a pre-tax profit attributable to equity holders of $1.2-million for the six months ended December 31, compared with a loss of about R1-million in the equivalent 2011 period. This...

Company Announcement: Afrox Welding Specialist Named "Young Welder of the Year"

One of Afrox’s top performing welding specialists, Houston Isaacs, has won the South African Institute of Welding’s (SAIW) Young Welder of the Year competition, qualifying him to represent South Africa in Liepzig, Germany, at the WorldSkills...