The South African Labour Court has ordered that the country’s mining sector must publish safety guidelines on working amid the Covid-19 pandemic by 18 May, a move heralded as a major victory for mineworkers and unions as South Africa begins to relax its lockdown laws. The Department of Mineral ResourcesContinue Reading
MINING companies are placing an increasing focus on mental health given the significant impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has disrupted the lives of billions of people globally with devastating health and economic impacts and an associated spike in mental health issues. Lifeline WA reported a huge spike in callsContinue Reading
Handling corrosive, toxic and flammable materials needs a special type of pump. When it was time for API manufacturer Ofichem to upgrade its pumping equipment, it found that Almatec® E-Series and CX Series AODD pumps proved the ideal solution. The Dutch Ofichem Group BV is a developer, manufacturer and distributor ofContinue Reading
The Covid-19 pandemic has potential to mask human rights abuses and further worsen poverty among mining communities in parts of Manicaland. These are sentiments expressed recently by rights groups, Centre for Research and Development (CRD) and Amalgamated Chiadzwa Development Trust (ACDT). “As the world is trying to tame Covid 19,Continue Reading
The Chilean Collahuasi mine in the Pica district of the Tarapacá region produces more than 5,000 tons of fine copper per year, making it one of the largest copper mines in the world. Two opencast mines, Rosario and Ujina, provide the necessary copper ores, which are smelted on site intoContinue Reading
A code of practice setting minimum standards for health and safety in mines during the coronavirus pandemic must be put in place this month, the Labour Court has ruled. In a judgment issued on Friday 1 May, the court set aside government’s decision not to require employers to prepare andContinue Reading
ITT’s Goulds Pumps has added the IC Open (ICO) Impeller i-FRAME pump to its portfolio of ISO standard pumps. Designed to handle chemical slurries and waste liquids and challenging food and beverage applications, the ICO augments the standard IC pump design with an open impeller for handling solids. This newContinue Reading
Following the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on April 23 that South Africa’s strict lockdown restrictions will start to ease from May, engineering solutions provider Weir Minerals Africa is preparing to resume operations and shares the lessons it has learned before and during the lockdown. In a three phased approach, the company in FebruaryContinue Reading
Polluted water and run-off from mines and quarries require pumps that can handle these highly acidic liquids. To meet this challenge, Tsurumi has continued developing its range of submersible pumps that are made of 316 stainless steel casting. Since its foundation in 1924, the Japanese company Tsurumi Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Continue Reading
Turkish pump manufacturer Masdaf is hoping to obtain the internationally recognised EN IEC 17025 accreditation certificate with its newly developed Pump Performance Test Station, the result of two years’ research and development. Installed at Masdaf’s Düzce plant in north west Turkey, the test station has the latest measuring devices and aContinue Reading
