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.

Drug-resistant TB threat among mineworkers

African mineworkers are at significant risk of becoming resistant to tuberculosis (TB) treatment, and those that are can be counted among the 650 000 cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) estimated worldwide, of which less than 10%...

Mozambique unit of India's JSPL dispatches first coal shipment

The first shipment of coal mined by JSPL Mozambique Minerals at its Chirodze operation in the Tete province of the African country has been exported to India from the port of Beira. The shipment amounted to 36 600 t and was loaded on to the...

PINK DIAMONDS

Members of the Miriuwung and Gidja communities in Western Australia's Kimberley region “warded off evil spirits” at the official opening of the $2.12-billion block-cave expansion at Rio Tinto's Argyle diamond mine, where one-in-four workers is...

SA-manufactured 54 t acid cooler airlifted to Australia

A 54 t acid cooler, used in the mining industry to produce sulphuric acid, was flown out of the Dube TradePort Cargo Terminal, in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) last month, marking a significant milestone as the largest cargo ever processed by the...

Sherwin shares soar on offtake deal

The share price of ASX-listed Sherwin Iron jumped by nearly 14% on Thursday after the company announced that it has secured a takeoff agreement for some 200 000 t of direct shipping ore (DSO) produced at its Roper River tenement, in the Northern...

Colombia coal output slides 21.4% in Q1 – government

Colombia, the world's fourth-largest exporter of coal, said on Wednesday it produced 18.4-million tonnes of coal in the first quarter, a drop of 21.4% from the same quarter last year, due to labour disputes as well as port and rail disruptions....

Natural resources continue to drive Mozambican economy and attract foreign interest

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Mozambique hit a record level last year, with most of it directed at the natural resources sector, the Bank of Mozambique has revealed. The FDI figure for 2012 was $5.218-billion, more than double the amount of...

Kittilä mine, Finland.

An openpit mine situated in Finnish Lapland.

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...

SA company clinches Republic of Congo openpit mining contract

Opencast mining provider Diesel Power, in techinical and management support of its fellow group subsidiary Diesel Power Congo, has been awarded an openpit mining and quarrying contract, in the Republic of Congo.

Rio Tinto expects Mongolia nod for copper exports soon

Rio Tinto could be two weeks away from gaining Mongolian approval to ship copper from its Oyu Tolgoi mine, helping offset a slide in revenue from its US copper business as it faces pressure to slash costs and sell non-core assets. A landslide at...