Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has introduced AutoMine® Mapping Solution, an innovative new product designed to maximize productivity and improve safety of autonomous vehicle navigation in underground mining operations by utilizing mapped data. AutoMine® Mapping Solution is Sandvik’s next generation product that enables a vehicle to safely record an undergroundContinue Reading
Even as South Africa’s construction sector struggles through difficult cycles of low profitability and declining capacity, it needs responsible and sustainable companies to maintain momentum. After almost nine decades in business, AfriSam’s legacy has been to demonstrate the value of good corporate citizenship, according to the company’s sales and marketingContinue Reading
Atlas Copco Power Technique complements its superior quality, reliable and efficient portable LED, metal halide, electric and battery-driven light tower range with an outstanding after-market service solution. The construction industry is faced with several challenges, from potential fines if deadlines are not met and keeping operational costs as low asContinue Reading
FOGMAKER South Africa (Pty) Ltd will use Electra Mining Africa 2022 as a platform to showcase its renowned fire suppression systems as well as to introduce new products and technologies to the mining industry. “Based on our past experience, this mining exhibition serves as an excellent meeting point for allContinue Reading
Weir Minerals is proud to announce the Weir Minerals Sand Wash Plant, a complete sand wash solution drawing on Weir Minerals’ long experience in the sand and aggregate industry. The Linatex® lined plant produces more saleable product than conventional sand screw plants, with fewer moving parts and an optimised process that producesContinue Reading
MT65 gets cleaner-burning engine and ejector box. Its engine has been replaced with one that lowers emissions, meeting Tier 4 Final-Stage 5 requirements. Nitrogen oxide emissions have been reduced 45% and diesel particulate matter has been lowered 80% compared to a Tier 2 engine. The truck also has an ejectorContinue 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
Pensana Rare Earths (PM8) has been granted a new exploration licence near its Longonjo project in Angola. The new licence is to explore the Coola Project for neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr) rare earth mineralisation. Coola hosts two known carbonatites, Coola and Monte Verda, which are structures made up of overContinue Reading
Perseus Mining (TSX: PRU; ASX: PRU ) is building its second open-pit mine in Cote d’Ivoire and its third in West Africa, and expects to pour first gold in December despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Once built, Yaoure will produce 215,000 oz. gold per year at all-in sustaining costs (AISCs) of US$734Continue Reading
Africa offers pre-production and operating companies large areas of underexplored prospective terrain and, in many countries, established mining legislation. West Africa, in particular, has attracted many explorers, developers and producers looking to deliver competitive returns for shareholders. Notably, a number of countries on this continent have a free carried interestContinue Reading
