Mining is a vital industry worldwide, responsible for extracting precious minerals and resources that power many aspects of modern life. However, mining operations can be extremely challenging, with high levels of stress placed on equipment, machinery, and vehicles. To ensure that these assets remain operational, reliable, and efficient, proper lubricationContinue Reading
A Real-time and True Personal Wearable Compliance Aerosol Monitor. The HAZ-DUST Model HD-7204 is the first direct reading and filter based personal aerosol sampler to offer a load, temperature & altitude compensated sampling pump, creating greater air flow accuracy which results in a more precise air flow calculation and moreContinue Reading
Zambia is home to some of the world’s richest mines and deposits and represents enormous potential for mining firms and investors alike. Currently one of the largest copper producers in Africa, Zambia is home to some of the world’s richest mines and deposits.Mining has long been a cornerstone of Zambia’sContinue Reading
The Zambian government has taken over operations at a major copper mining company in what is seen as a move towards increasing its direct control of the key mining sector. Economists are urging Lusaka to tread carefully. ADVERTISEMENTEconomists in Zambia paid close attention when the government announced that it wouldContinue Reading
The positive climate for mined commodities – and battery minerals in particular – is giving the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) great opportunities to leverage its resource wealth. However, there are numerous burning issues that mining companies there are facing. These range from social and environmental impacts, mine closure, mineralContinue Reading
While government has yet to finalise, its regulatory requirements relating to the rehabilitation of land disturbed by mining, the mining industry is concerned regarding some of the proposed amendments to post-closure requirements. It is anticipated that these new regulations will deliver a single environmental regime that will streamline rehabilitation processes.Continue Reading
Members of the Hawks, the North West Airwing, Explosives Unit, Cluster IMTT, Public Order Policing, Tactical Response Team, Crime Prevention Unit, the Local Criminal Record Centre, and the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy formed part of the operation, which resulted in the police arresting the illegal miners POLICE FOLLOWEDContinue Reading
Local organisations have raised fears that the proposed Mines and Mineral Amendment Bill will increase the tentacles of ruling party Zanu PF in the sector at the expense of mining communities and artisanal miners. This came out during the public hearings on the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill that areContinue Reading
Long-standing Mining Indaba participant Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company, builds solutions aimed at helping the mining industry’s digital transformation, giving miners new ways to solve increasingly complex problems, manage risk, and uncover valuable insights from data, quicker. Marc Delport, Seequent’s Head of Customer Solutions – EMEA.“There’s a definite and palpableContinue Reading
The Minerals Council South Africa, in collaboration with accounting firm PwC and the Mandela Mining Precinct, will soon release its new 2022/23 report on the state of digitalisation, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and environmental, social and governance (ESG) in South African mining. “Digital transformation is an imperative for miningContinue Reading
