DRDGOLD Limited (DRDGOLD; JSE, NYSE: DRD) reports that the Far West Gold Recoveries (FWGR) surface retreatment operation’s R80-million conversion of its Driefontein No 2 Plant (DP2) to closed circuit slimes milling is nearing completion. The [...]
Due to ongoing challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and after extensive consultation with partners, key stakeholders across the mining value chain and government ministers, the 2022 edition of Investing in African Mining Indaba originally [...]
Pit Mine Tech Overlay. By Hexagon The new HxGN MineMeasure combines blast design software, high-precision drilling, blast movement monitoring, fragmentation analysis and enterprise analytics in order to increase profit from every blast whilst [...]
BME MD for SADC, Ralf Hennecke has written a thought leadership piece entitled, ‘Mining opportunities in SADC will favour those in the know’, unpacking opportunities in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries and the [...]
Processing tailings in the mining industry sustainably and efficiently, whilst minimising risk has been a longstanding industry challenge. Weir Minerals and Andritz have been collaborating since 2018 to supply solutions for this age-old problem and [...]
In Leon Louw’s last interview with Prof Fred Cawood after his retirement as director of the Wits Mining Institute, the professor shares some of the highlights of his distinguished career, some of the lowest ebbs [...]
The World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS) has confirmed that the most recent global metal balances report shows that primary aluminium, copper, and nickel metal balances, amongst others, were in deficit during January to June [...]
East Manganese opencast mine. Image by Menar East Manganese, mining investment group Menar’s first manganese asset, operated by Sitatunga Resources and situated in the manganese-rich Kalahari Basin near the town of Hotazel, has [...]
Driving inclusive and long-term growth for South Africa starts with participation and collaboration, according to Johan Meyer, executive head of Projects and Technology at Exxaro. “Businesses solely focused on profit without purpose are not developing [...]
Neal Froneman, CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater. Image: Sibanye-Stillwater Sibanye-Stillwater hosted the second annual Marikana Memorial Lecture on 17 August 2021, since their acquisition of Lonman in June 2019. The lecture was the culmination of [...]
