The Department of Trade and Industry has warned that the steel industry would exit the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown in severe financial distress potential plant closures and job losses. The department’s Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (Tips) on Friday said the industry could experience a devastating R1 billion negative cash costContinue Reading
Sudanese mother Awadya Ahmed has long wondered why her youngest child Talab was born blind and unable to walk; now she suspects the piles of poisonous waste left by gold miners. In recent years, a growing number of traditional miners have flocked to her village hoping to strike it rich.Continue Reading
Condra is to manufacture a “technically complex crane” to service a dragline at a coal mine in Mpumalanga, South Africa, following a contract win by its authorised agent for the Witbank region, GTB Industrial Services. The order, won against strong competition, calls for a maintenance crane capable of working withinContinue Reading
A 35-year-old miner was killed in a quarry at Siburi village in the Karachuonyo constituency, Homa Bay county. Joseph Otieno died on Friday evening when he was mining stones in the Raroki quarry. It is reported that Otieno left home in the morning with intention of carving stones for sale.Continue Reading
Konecranes has launched their new S-series overhead crane which after years of research, development and testing, includes Konecrane’s unique synthetic wire rope hoist. The synthetic wire rope hoist gives a barb free operation, reduced maintenance costs as well as safer handling and easier load carrying. Emil Berning, Managing Director of KonecranesContinue Reading
Over 40 health and safety officers from various mining firms have began a five -day training programme to enhance and update their knowledge on modernFirst Aid procedures. Organised by the St. John AmbulanceGhana, the training programme targets at reviewingthe 11thedition of the First Aid Manualfor further education. The mining companiesContinue Reading
Around the world modern society is dependent on a range of service and manufacturing industries, writes Christian Shelton. No matter how diverse these industries are, they all share one thing in common: at some point they require the use of lifting services. The cranes used for these jobs vary almostContinue Reading
Ivanhoe Mines has now completed 13.5 km of underground development at the Kakula copper mine, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The company is 4.2 km ahead of plan on the mine’s development. The development partner on the project is Citic Metal Group, led by president Yufeng Sun. Sun and Ivanhoe chairperson Robert Friedland say the mining team is on trackContinue Reading
“Childcare is one less thing to worry about when I am inside that tunnel,” says 39-year-old Thacienne Nakabonye, pointing at the marked entrance of a Wolfram quarry on a hill overlooking a nearby steep valley. Nakabonye is one of the scores of miners who spend most of the daytime beneathContinue Reading
anada-based copper and gold miner First Quantum has lowered its guidance for 2020 by 75 000 t of copper and 30 000 oz of gold, citing a reduction in production expectations at the Cobre Panama mine, which was temporarily idled after some workers contracted Covid-19. The TSX-listed mining company reduced its guidance for copper to between 755 000 t and 805 000 t and its gold guidanceContinue Reading
