The Zululand District Municipality has called on authorities to revoke anthracite producer ZAC’s mining license. This after the mine reported that it experienced a spill of slurry material into a river in Okhukho village after the collapse of the dam wall. The dam capacity is 3183 square metres and itContinue Reading
South Deep, the mechanised Gold Fields gold mine in western Gauteng, is putting remote loading to the test. “We’re trialling remote loading from surface, where we have a person sitting in the control room that’s operating a loader 3 km under the ground beneath him. It’s very exciting to seeContinue Reading
Sweden-based Atlas Copco has expanded its WEDA submersible dewatering pump range with the addition of the S50 Sludge pump, which was said to be ideal for rental. Hrishikesh Kulkarni, Product Manager, Atlas Copco Power and Flow division, said, “The WEDA S50 is an ideal pump for rental companies and general contractorsContinue Reading
The Ellembelle District Security Council (DISEC) and Management of Adamus Mines have met with opinion leaders of Anwia-Teleku-Bokazo communities to help deescalate tension over the alleged burning of an illegal small scale miner to death by security guards of the mining company. The miner, Michael Dery, popularly called Budo, wasContinue Reading
Atlas Copco Compressors has bundled some of its most popular air and nitrogen products into five packages to make ordering and financing easier. The new packages are being offered in an effort to help customers take advantage of finance rates, in addition to helping customers which might be suffering withContinue Reading
n most of Nigeria’s cities, there are visible piles of refuse that have built up on roads, river banks and swampy land. These waste dumps smell bad and are breeding grounds for germs that cause diseases. Perhaps less well-known is the electronic waste that’s becoming a serious problem in partsContinue Reading
AECI has established a ‘filling station’ for the City of Tshwane to supply safe drinking water to the water-stressed Hammanskraal community amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The initiative, which builds on a R3-million investment made in November 2019 to provide safe drinking water to a number of clinics and schools inContinue Reading
Hundreds of South Africa’s abandoned coal mines pose a deadly risk to local communities and threaten to pollute the water of millions of South Africans – says a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). When companies in South Africa reach the point at which their mining operations cease to be profitable,Continue Reading
he Covid-19 pandemic will have long-term ramifications, including permanent change in the South African stainless steel industry, Southern African Stainless Steel Development Association (Sassda) acting executive director Michel Basson says. “The stainless steel industry could be on the brink of taking an S-curve upwards, owing to the crisis, which may result inContinue Reading
As part of plans to establish a sustainable footing for its South Deep mine in South Africa, Gold Fields is trialling teleremote loading in a project with automation specialist RCT. Gold Fields’ problems at South Deep have been well documented, with the company, in 2018, launching a restructuring plan involvingContinue Reading
