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GHH rebrands, offers more comprehensive solutions
15th May 2020 By: Natasha Odendaal

Mining and tunnelling machine manufacturer GHH is in the process of repositioning and rebranding to form one of the largest suppliers of machines for mining, tunnelling and special civil... 


African miners embracing Sandvik’s  high-tech solutions
African miners embracing Sandvik’s high-tech solutions
21st February 2020 By: Kim Cloete

High-tech and global engineering group Sandvik is helping greenfield mining projects in Africa to power ahead through automation and digitalisation aimed at making mining safer and more efficient... 


Mining companies embrace Sandvik’s high-tech solutions
Mining companies embrace Sandvik’s high-tech solutions
5th February 2020 By: Kim Cloete

High-tech and global engineering group Sandvik is helping greenfield mining projects in Africa to power ahead through automation and digitalisation aimed at making mining safer and more efficient... 


AUTOMATION GENERATION
Part of the change management required is the need to upskill and reskill personnel
Change management key to digital success
24th January 2020 By: Darren Parker

When investing in digitalisation and automation, change management is one of the key challenges that needs to be addressed globally, and not only in the African mining industry, says global... 


Patterson Lake South uranium project, Canada
Patterson Lake South uranium project, Canada
6th December 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

A prefeasibility study has proposed the development of the Patterson Lake South project using only underground mining methods.  


GHH and Titan enter extensive cooperation agreement
22nd November 2019 By: Natasha Odendaal

Global mining and tunnelling machines manufacturer GHH and mechanical engineering company Titan have entered into a cooperation agreement that will expand the markets of both companies. GHH will... 


Patterson Lake South uranium project, Canada
Patterson Lake South uranium project, Canada
1st November 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

A prefeasibility study has proposed the development of the project using only underground mining methods. 


Anglo American Chile regards the protection of glaciers as being of critical importance and has developed mining methodologies that promote glacier continuation.
Anglo planning to go underground in Chile as glacier-protective step
1st November 2019 By: Martin Creamer

Anglo American has plans to go underground at Los Bronces in Chile, where copper mining has taken place for the last 152 years and where large-scale opencast mining takes place currently. Anglo... 


Anglo American Chile regards the protection of glaciers as being of critical importance and has developed mining methodologies that promote glacier continuation.
Anglo planning to go underground in Chile as glacier-protective step
22nd October 2019 By: Martin Creamer

Anglo American has plans to go underground at Los Bronces in Chile, where copper mining has taken place for the last 152 years and where large-scale opencast mining takes place currently. Anglo... 


Murray & Roberts Cementation
Murray & Roberts Cementation
3rd September 2019

South Africa-based Murray & Roberts Cementation forms part of the Murray & Roberts Group which is recognised internationally as a leading mining contracting organisation with operations in Africa,... 


AECOM scoops second award for trenchless innovation at Sanddrift
27th August 2019 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Integrated infrastructure delivery company AECOM has been awarded the 2018/19 Joop Van Wamelen Award for Technical Excellence by the Southern African Society for Trenchless Technology (SASTT) for... 


RELIABLE FLOW
The E-Air range provides a reliable flow of compressed air without any diesel emissions
Company enhances its low emission, low noise E-Air solutions
12th July 2019

Sustainable productivity solutions provider Atlas Copco enhances its low emission, low noise E-Air solutions with electric fixed-speed and variable speed drive (VSD) compressors. Throughout 2019,... 


Silvercorp profit falls as prices dip
27th May 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canada-based, China-focused Silvercorp Metals has reported a lower profit margin for the financial year ended March 2019, on the back of lower prices for the precious and base metals that the... 


Proof Engineering
Proof Engineering
24th May 2019

Proof Engineering (Pty) Ltd was established in 1978 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Steadfastly retaining its original entrepreneurial and innovative roots, the company achieved many personal as... 


Mining automation and digital solutions highlighted
21st May 2019

Automation and digital solutions aim to create a connected worksite to make mining operations safer, more productive and more efficient. At the recent Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration... 


Atlas Copco enhances its low emission, low noise E-Air solutions with electric fixed-speed and VSD compressors
Atlas Copco enhances its low emission, low noise E-Air solutions with electric fixed-speed and VSD compressors
10th May 2019

Throughout 2019, Atlas Copco will be introducing two additional fixed-speed and three new electric Variable Speed Drive (VSD) air compressors to its E-Air range. This year Atlas Copco will add the... 


Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro scheme, Australia
Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro scheme, Australia
12th April 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

The contractor for the project has been appointed. 


Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II
Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II
5th April 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority has updated its list of key contracts and suppliers. 


Paul Dunne (right) and Martin Creamer
Northam trying out tunnelling first at rhodium-rich Eland mine development
2nd April 2019 By: Martin Creamer

Platinum group metals mining company Northam is preparing to deploy innovative tunnel boring technology at its Eland mine as part of a R93-million shared risk-and-reward contract with Master... 


A flashback to Mick Davis' Xstrata days with South Africa's former Mineral Resources Minister Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
Mick Davis’ Niron believes Zogota can unlock Guinea’s rich potential
25th February 2019 By: Martin Creamer

Mining luminary Mick Davis’s new company Niron Metals on Monday expressed the belief that the development of the Zogota iron-ore endowment in Guinea had the potential to unlock the country’s rich... 


Bearing and seal design considerations for tunnel boring machines
18th February 2019 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The safe, reliable operation of tunnel boring equipment relies on the integrity of critical bearings and seals Once construction starts, there’s no going back. A tunnel boring machine (TBM) is not... 


Bearing and seal design considerations for tunnel boring machines
Bearing and seal design considerations for tunnel boring machines
15th February 2019

The safe, reliable operation of tunnel boring equipment relies on the integrity of critical bearings and seals Once construction starts, there’s no going back. A tunnel boring machine (TBM) is not... 


SO MUCH DAM WATER The Snowy 2.0 project with reuse water through a pumping system to keep the grid running
SA company receives multibillion-dollar contract
15th February 2019

Construction and engineering company Clough, a wholly owned subsidiary of South African engineering company Murray & Roberts - and part of the Clough Salini Impregilo Joint Venture (JV) - has been... 


LHDA appoints engineering panel for Phase 2 of the LHWP
8th February 2019 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has appointed an engineering panel of experts for the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands water project (LHWP II). The panel comprises a... 


Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II, Lesotho
Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II, Lesotho
25th January 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority has announced the appointment of an engineering panel of experts for the project. 


LHDA appoints engineering panel for LHWP II
22nd January 2019 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) on Tuesday announced the appointment of an engineering panel of experts for the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands water project (LHWP II). The... 


Master Drilling earmarks ‘significant share’ of capex for product portfolio, market diversification
Master Drilling earmarks ‘significant share’ of capex for product portfolio, market diversification
30th November 2018 By: Paige Müller

Having grown from strength to strength since its JSE listing in 2012, local innovative drilling solutions provider Master Drilling plans to focus its capital expenditure (capex) on product and... 


Master Drilling earmarks ‘significant share’ of capex for product portfolio, market diversification
Master Drilling earmarks ‘significant share’ of capex for product portfolio, market diversification
30th November 2018 By: Paige Müller

Having grown from strength to strength since its JSE listing in 2012, local innovative drilling solutions provider Master Drilling plans to focus its capital expenditure (capex) on product and... 


Master Drilling diversifies, expands through new JV in Italy
5th November 2018 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed Master Drilling has entered into a joint venture (JV) with Italian construction company Ghella, to establish a new Italy-based company called TunnelPro. TunnelPro will pursue tunnel... 


Interim rig to speed up development at Galantas’ Ireland mine
20th April 2018 By: Mariaan Webb

An interim tunnelling rig at the Omagh gold mine, in Ireland, should accelerate underground development, with the company about ten weeks away from reaching the Kearney vein system. Dual-listed... 


High-quality engineering services drive successful completion of road rehabilitation project
High-quality engineering services drive successful completion of road rehabilitation project
19th February 2018

JG Afrika, a leading South African engineering consultancy, played a prominent role in the successful rehabilitation of a 58,4 km section of the R399 on behalf of the Western Cape Government’s... 


RON TLUCZEK
As a vice-animateur, my role entails the provision of leadership
South African engineer’s geotechnical contribution recognised
21st October 2016 By: Mia Breytenbach

Multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy Gibb senior associate and geotechnical engineer Ron Tluczek has been recognised internationally for his contribution to the geotechnical engineering... 


HORIZONTAL RAISE BORING Horizontal raise boring is a developing technology with potentially faster production advances and is consistently more stable than traditional drill and blast
Horizontal raiseboring at Cullinan mine outperforms traditional methods
21st October 2016 By: Ilan Solomons

Raise boring and drilling services group Master Drilling is nearing completion of a 220 m hole with a diameter of 4.5 m horizontal raise bore (HRB) trial project at Southern Africa-focused miner... 


PERFORMANCE BOOST The DT912Da tunnelling jumbo RD525 hydraulic rock drill, which offers 'superior drilling performance' with high lifetime
New diesel-hydraulic tunnelling jumbo provides high-quality drilling solution
15th July 2016

A new tunnelling jumbo, the DT912D, has been added to the range of products offered by breaking, drilling, crushing tools and equipment provider Sandvik Construction and is equipped with the... 


6 000 disused mines leaking AMD, heavy metals into the environment – NGO
17th October 2014 By: Anine Kilian

There are about 6 000 abandoned mines in South Africa that are leaking acid mine water (AMD) and heavy metals into the environment, says the nonprofit organisation Bench Marks Foundation in a... 


Case for Tubatse pumped storage scheme as an IPP
12th September 2014

There is a need to start planning another pumped storage scheme in South Africa. Much work has already been done at a site in the Limpopo province and the project was very close to being put out to... 


Venetia underground project, South Africa
Venetia underground project, South Africa
25th October 2013 By: Sheila Barradas

Construction of the Venetia underground mine started on October 22. 


President launches construction of R20bn diamond mine
22nd October 2013 By: Martin Creamer

President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday turned the first sod at the launch of the construction phase of the R20-billion Venetia underground project in Limpopo province. He did so together with Anglo... 


Tanzanite supplier to meet Chinese demand
11th October 2013

Owing to an agreement with Chinese jeweler Chow Tai Seng, dynamic exploration and production company Richland Resources reports that it will sell finished tanzanite stones into China. 


Sandvik takes advantage of bauma to unveil plant, equipment on African continent
4th October 2013 By: Chantelle Kotze

Tooling, materials technology, mining and construction engineering group Sandvik Construction, a division of Sandvik Group, for the first time in Africa launched its Sandvik CH550 cone crusher,... 


Company Announcement: Sika Invests in New Concrete Laboratory in Gauteng
22nd January 2013

In spite of South Africa’s ever-volatile economy, Sika has confidently decided to expand its service offering in a way that few companies can 


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