ABB calls for more collaboration to accelerate transition to electric mines
Original Equipment Manufacturer Hitachi Construction Machinery and ABB are exploring opportunities for mine operators to target net-zero emissions from mining machinery. […]
FLSmidth high density thickeners double mine output
When one of the world’s largest copper and cobalt producers wanted to double its production rates, it chose FLSmidth to provide a thickener solution that included six of its proven high-density thickeners. The order was [...]
Booyco expands its coal footprint as level 9 looms
Booyco Electronics continues to grow its footprint in the coal mining sector as mines work towards Level 9 compliance. Booyco Electronics CEO Anton Lourens says that the scale of recent orders from underground collieries and [...]
Resolute not affected by the termination of Bibiani
ASX-listed Resolute Mining has emphasised that robust operating cash flow generation is expected to support the accelerated repayment of debt on or before the required due dates. […]
Kangra coal mine recommences operations
The Kangra coal mine located in Saul Mkhizeville, in Mpumalanga has restarted mining operations with the opening of Pit C. Kangra, which was put on care and maintenance due to Covid-19 lockdowns in the domestic [...]
Community appeals Platinum Groups’ mining right
Four individual members of the local community in the Waterberg region have appealed the South African Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s decision to award a mining right to Waterberg JV Resources, of which Canadian [...]
New country manager for SRK in Ghana
Resource geologist Ivan Doku has been appointed as country manager for SRK Consulting in Ghana, taking over the reins from well-known local geotechnical engineer John Kwofie. […]
BHP aims to reduce greenhouse gas
Diversified global resource company BHP has signed an agreement with Chinese customer HBIS Group to evaluate solutions that will reduce greenhouse gas from ironmaking and steelmaking. […]
Maptek – Where innovation meets tradition
In the mid-1970s, geologist Bob Johnson opened a small bureau service above a row of shops in suburban Sydney, NSW, to computerise coal seam drafting. That venture was the precursor to Maptek, which today develops, [...]
Minerals Council reacts to South African Minister’s 2021 speech
In presenting a plan for stabilising government debt at 88.9% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in four years’ time, and stressing the importance of fiscal discipline, the Minerals Council South Africa believes that Finance Minister [...]