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Price competitiveness key to market demands
18th April 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Amid the mining drill bit market experiencing growth driven by increased mining activities and demand for minerals, price competitiveness remains a key consideration for quarrying, mining and... 


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Company prioritises safety, maintenance for efficient exploration
18th April 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Extending the lifespan of its existing rigs, ensuring maximum uptime and delivering consistent performances in the drilling sector are key focus areas for geotechnical and exploration drilling... 


Murray & Roberts Cementation
Murray & Roberts Cementation
18th April 2025

Murray & Roberts Cementation, part of the Murray & Roberts group, is a top-tier underground mining contractor headquartered in Johannesburg, serving Africa. The company pioneered contract... 


A row of green Schurco Slurry pumps ready for packing to be shipped off
Supplier growing tailings product footprint globally
18th April 2025 By: Halima Frost

Heavy-duty slurry pump manufacturer Schurco Slurry has developed its presence in South Africa’s tailings transfer/retreatment and storage facilities (TSFs) sector owing to its expert engineering,... 


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GIS technology supports tailings management and GISTM compliance
18th April 2025 By: Halima Frost

The increase in the development of reliable, tried-and-tested tailings storage facility (TSF) monitoring systems globally, driven by recent TSF disasters and the resultant long-term environmental... 


Yellow Cavex hydrocyclone on site
Proper tailings management improves investor confidence
18th April 2025 By: Tracy Hancock

While mining companies try to capitalise on the increased demand for critical minerals, such as lithium and nickel, needed to enable the global energy transition and advance digitalisation, finding... 


A photo of an Aaachen High Sheer Reactor installed at a tailings facility to extract more resources from tailings
Technology advances tailings reclamation
18th April 2025 By: Halima Frost

Aachen High Shear Reactor technology, predominantly used in the gold extraction process, has grown in popularity, as evidenced by commercial minerals processing and metallurgical testwork company... 


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Booyco Electronics
11th April 2025

South African pioneer of proximity detection systems Booyco Electronics continues to play a pivotal role in the quest for zero harm in the mining sector. Acknowledged as a leader in the field, the... 


BOOSTING PRODUCTION
DELKOR is undertaking a capacity-expansion upgrade to a Tanzania gold miner's 12-m-diameter gold concentrate thickener to double its output volumes
Gold plant undergoes doubling-of-capacity upgrade
11th April 2025 By: Donna Slater

A 12-m-diameter gold concentrate thickener for an East Africa-focused gold producer, developer and explorer is currently undergoing a capacity-expansion upgrade by the plant’s original-equipment... 


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Containerised lab enables faster testwork
11th April 2025

As its first deployment to Tanzania, a containerised Aachen testwork laboratory is being supplied to a mining client in the country by mineral processing technology company Maelgwyn Mineral... 


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Gold miner expands plant as gold price soars
11th April 2025 By: Trent Roebeck

With the gold price rallying to record highs, gold explorer and miner TRX Gold is progressing its flagship Buckreef gold project, in Tanzania, by optimising the mine’s existing 2 000 t/d plant to... 


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Gold major eyes further in-country growth
11th April 2025

Gold major Barrick is leveraging its $4.25-billion investment into the Tanzania-based Twiga Minerals Corporation – a joint venture (JV) between it and the Tanzanian government – to further progress... 


Ventilation, cooling advancements enhance efficiency
4th April 2025 By: Simone Liedtke

Mine ventilation and cooling technology are being advanced by energy and industrial gas solutions provider Chart Industries to meet the growing demands of deep-level mining through leveraging its... 


A man and a woman stood in front of a computer screen depicting the new Seequent Evo geoscience technology
New data, computing platform launched
4th April 2025 By: Halima Frost

Seequent Evo – a new geoscience data and computing platform that allows for integrated workflows and collaboration – was launched by subsurface solutions company Seequent, the Bentley subsurface... 


DELIVERING RELIABILITY
ARMOUR mill liners from FLS deliver reliability and durability for all milling conditions
Expansion drives advanced solutions demand
4th April 2025 By: Simone Liedtke

The West African mining sector has developed significantly, particularly in gold production, over the past decade. Mining industry solutions provider FLS has played a key role in supporting this... 


POST CLOSURE LEGACY A rehabilitated openpit mine. Understanding the evolving socioeconomic landscapes of near-mine communities when planning for land use after mine closure is crucial
GISTM shaping mine closure strategies
4th April 2025 By: Simone Liedtke

The adoption of the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) is significantly shaping mine closure strategies in West Africa, says mining consultancy SRK Consulting principal... 


IMPROVED EFFICIENCIES
The Aachen High Shear Reactor technology results in improved gas use and other efficiencies
Processing efficiency boosted with regional expansion
4th April 2025

Gold recovery has been boosted and reagent consumption reduced through optimisation efforts by South African mineral processing and metallurgical testwork company Maelgwyn Mineral Services Africa... 


FLS powers sustainable mining with MissionZero innovations
FLS powers sustainable mining with MissionZero innovations
4th April 2025

Flowsheet technology and service provider FLS’s MissionZero strategy drives innovation to enhance mining sustainability by reducing emissions, energy use and water consumption while boosting... 


SUSTAINABLE PLATFORM
The upcoming West African Mining & Power Expo will provide a platform for industry professionals, policy makers and researchers
Expo to drive investment, sustainability in West Africa
4th April 2025 By: Simone Liedtke

Governments in West Africa can promote long-term development in the mining and power sectors by adopting strategic approaches and strengthening fiscal regimes with transparent, stable policies,... 


MAEL ATAYI
The mining sector remains a key pillar of Guinea’s economy
Logistics advancing Guinea’s development
4th April 2025 By: Simone Liedtke

Recognising the strategic importance of diversified major Rio Tinto’s multi-stakeholder development of its Guinea-based Simandou project, logistics and transportation services provider MSC Guinea... 


Rows of coal core samples marked with varying depths on them
SA expertise behind development of Botswana coal mine
28th March 2025 By: Halima Frost

The successful development, well under way, of what is Botswana’s third coal mine is in no small part down to the contribution of professional services by independent geological consultants Gemecs,... 


the new Sukuma coal mine from a drone
Mine nearing start of construction
28th March 2025 By: Halima Frost

With a total resource estimate of 219-million tonnes of coal and a projected production target of 7.2-million tonnes a year, coal miner Canyon Coal – a subsidiary of diversified mining investment... 


A brand new Allu Series M crushing bucket in operation on a cola mine
New crushing bucket increases efficiencies
28th March 2025 By: Halima Frost

In the build-up to the global launch of crushing and screening equipment supplier Egelquip’s new coal and ore processing crushing bucket, CEO Brendan Geoghegan highlights how the bucket will... 


An image of workers excavating at Lucara’s Karowe mine
Underground development to reach final depths this year
28th March 2025

Underground development at diamond producer Lucara Diamond’s Botswana-based Karowe mine is expected to extend its operational life beyond 2040, with significant progress achieved in 2024,... 


An image of Vedanta Zinc Internationals' Gamsberg mine
Contract miner secures R10.6bn contract
28th March 2025

A dedicated team from opencut mining contractor Moolmans will oversee the ramp-up of contract mining to full operations by April 1, at Black Mountain Mining’s (BMM’s) Gamsberg mine, in the Northern... 


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Contractor miner delivers efficient, seamless production
28th March 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

Through an expanded fleet and the introduction of additional services, opencast mining, bulk materials handling, and drilling and blasting service provider Zizwe Opencast Mining is targeting... 


African mining solutions towards auto sector proposed
21st March 2025 By: Donna Slater

A range of solutions for commodity-rich African countries to work on with the automotive sector in a re-think of industrial policy around critical minerals were proposed during a high-level... 


MineShift 2025 advancing Africa’s beneficiation journey, redefining luxury
MineShift 2025 advancing Africa’s beneficiation journey, redefining luxury
21st March 2025 By: Tracy Hancock

There is wealth in Africa’s metals, but the continent has yet to realise its full potential by producing locally finished products that move the continent beyond merely being a raw materials... 


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Investment attractiveness enhanced by long-term sustainability
21st March 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

The African mining industry has great potential to show the world how to meet global sustainability targets, such as those set out in intergovernmental organisation United Nations’ Sustainable... 


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Sustainability, innovation imperative to accessing private capital
21st March 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

The need to ensure that Africa, with an abundance of critical minerals, benefits from their extraction and beneficiation, and the consequent economic development, was a key takeaway from this... 


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Sector growth forecast amid newfound interest – SAOGA
21st March 2025 By: Lynne Davies

Following success in oil and gas exploration in neighbouring countries and growing continental demand, regional oil and gas industry body the South African Oil & Gas Alliance (SAOGA) has noted a... 


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Mixed reaction to African oil, gas opportunities – GlobalData
21st March 2025 By: Lynne Davies

Investors are responding to opportunities in Africa’s oil and gas sector with optimism and caution, influenced by a variety of geopolitical and economic challenges across the continent, says data... 


Mine workers underground
Eight-million fatality-free shifts advancing industry’s Zero Harm vision
14th March 2025 By: Tracy Hancock

While the mining industry has not achieved its vision of realising Zero Harm, every day that an injury-free shift is executed is a day closer to achieving that goal, says underground mining... 


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Sintech
14th March 2025

Since 1984 Sintech has supplied the South African market with clutches, brakes and engineering solutions for a range of applications in mining and mining-related industries. Sintech supplies... 


SIGNIFICANT INCREASE
The Udumo shaft is set for a significant production ramp-up by mid-2026
Coal miner eyes underground expansion ramp-up
14th March 2025 By: Simone Liedtke

Coal miner Kangra’s Udumo shaft, in Mpumalanga, is set for a significant production ramp-up, with output expected to rise from the current 40 000 t a month to about 105 000 t a month by mid-2026.... 


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