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EFFICIENCY BOOST The Xcentric ripper is a hydraulic attachment on an excavator that employs percussion to break or rip through hard material at a rate that is 80% more effective than a standard vibration-activated attachment or hydraulic hammer
Percussion excavation as blasting alternative
28th June 2024 By: Halima Frost

Opencast mining, bulk materials handling, and drilling and blasting service provider Zizwe Opencast Mining’s fleet of hydraulic ripper excavator attachments from systems developer Xcentric enables... 


A large yellow 410 P-Tier Articulated Dump Truck with a man wearing PPE driving it
Dump truck redesigned to improve surface mining
28th June 2024

Last month, heavy equipment manufacturer John Deere announced that it has redesigned its 410 P-Tier Articulated Dump Truck (ADT) with upgrades to its design and productivity performance, following... 


NEW ERA
The scheduled start of underground production in the first half of 2028 is anticipated to bring a new era of high-value diamond recovery for Lucara
Underground expansion progressing towards 2028 start
28th June 2024 By: Simone Liedtke

With careful planning, innovative solutions and a dedicated team, diamond miner Lucara Diamond Corporation’s Karowe Underground Expansion Project (UGP) at the wholly owned  Karowe diamond mine, in... 


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Ohmgebirge potash development, Germany
28th June 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

A prefeasibility study has demonstrated the technical and financial robustness of an existing shaft-access, underground mining operation at Ohmgebirge. 


Image of copper ore
Okiep copper project, South Africa – update
28th June 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Orion Minerals has reported further “outstanding” assay results from the confirmation diamond-drilling programme in the Flat Mines area at the project. 


Image of Prieska shaft
Prieska copper/zinc project, South Africa – update
28th June 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

The project is fully permitted. 


Image of fine vanadium
Steelpoortdrift vanadium project, South Africa – update
28th June 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Vanadium Resources has chosen to modify the back end of the salt roast leach processing plant. 


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Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II
28th June 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

The Senqu bridge is expected to be completed in early 2026. 


New Pacific shares PFS results for Bolivia silver asset
27th June 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto-listed New Pacific Metals has announced the results of its prefeasibility study (PFS) for the Silver Sand project, in Bolivia, confirming its potential to become a high-grade, low-cost pure... 


Why Spray nozzles are essential for cooling processes
Why Spray nozzles are essential for cooling processes
27th June 2024

Spray nozzles are used to cool numerous industrial processes from stamping presses to freshly forged steel and from gas turbine inlets to power plant exhaust streams. But what is it about spray... 


Drilling at Khan
Madison confirms high-grade uranium deposits after completing maiden drill programme at Khan
25th June 2024 By: Darren Parker

Uranium exploration company Madison Metals has completed its maiden reverse circulation (RC) drill programme of 997 m over nine holes at its Khan uranium project at Madison West, located in... 


Galileo to undertake Phase 3 drill programme at Zambian project
24th June 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim-listed Galileo Resources has decided to undertake a Phase 3 drill programme to validate its current view that near-surface copper/gold mineralisation occurs along the Shinganda fault splay over... 


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Drilling programme at Orion’s Okiep project confirms high-grade potential
24th June 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE- and ASX-listed Orion Minerals has reported further “outstanding” assay results from the confirmation diamond drilling programme in the Flat Mines area at its Okiep copper project (OCP), in the... 


Jubilee CEO Leon Coetzer
Johannesburg-listed Jubilee gains two more Zambia copper mining operations
24th June 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Johannesburg- and London-listed Jubilee Metals has acquired two opencast Zambia copper mining operations. “The strategic acquisition of the two opencast operations is an example of our ability to... 


Grindex submersible pumps are renowned for their reliability and efficiency, particularly in challenging mining environments
Integrated Pump Technology to unveil expanded pump solutions at Electra Mining Africa
21st June 2024

Integrated Pump Technology, a leading provider of pump solutions to the mining industry, will use Electra Mining Africa to highlight its recent appointment as an official Godwin distributor as well... 


SQM to join Talga in Swedish lithium project
21st June 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Battery materials and technology company Talga Group has entered into an earn-in agreement with lithium miner Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQ) over the Aero project, in Sweden. Under the... 


Palm oil
21st June 2024 By: Riaan de Lange

The headline should not be confused with the slang that abbreviates the phrase “oil someone’s palm”, which means to derive a favourable outcome based on providing a monetary incentive; in other... 


Image of the Eloise mine, in Australia
Jericho copper project, Australia
21st June 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Jericho mining optimisation studies to reduce initial schedule risk and longer-term operational risk are being finalised. 


Location map of the Bengwenya project
Bengwenyama platinum group metals project, South Africa – update
21st June 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

A prefeasibility study drilling campaign has emphasised the robustness of the upper group two reef. 


Drill samples from the CK gold project, in the US
CK gold project, US – update
21st June 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

US Gold has received a key permit, further advancing its development efforts. 


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Uitkomst Colliery, South Africa
21st June 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

A coal mine in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 


This Prieska mine chamber was blasted in the 1970s.
Green copper, vapour refining envisaged at Orion’s Northern Cape base metals mines
20th June 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Green copper and clean smelting and refining are envisaged at Orion Minerals’ quickly advancing base metals mines in South Africa’s well-endowed Northern Cape province, which has historically... 


Drone-sinking of coal ship takes Red Sea perils to new level
20th June 2024 By: Bloomberg

The sinking of a coal-carrier by a sea drone has boosted the risk of navigating the vital Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint to a new level and is driving a fresh surge in insurance costs. The British navy... 


Harmony Gold CEO Peter Steenkamp
Harmony confident of meeting full-year targets, reporting 'exceptional' free cash flow
20th June 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

JSE-listed Harmony Gold Mining Company has informed shareholders that it will meet its production, grade and cost guidance for the financial year to end on June 30, and that it continued to... 


Errol Smart
South Africa now a compelling world investment story, upbeat Orion highlights
19th June 2024 By: Martin Creamer

“The sun is finally shining on us,” an upbeat Orion Minerals CEO Errol Smart enthused during an Australia/South Africa webinar on Wednesday, when he outlined how South Africa has become one of the... 


Aton further develops Abu Marawat gold concession with promising results
19th June 2024 By: Darren Parker

TSX-V-listed gold exploration and mining company Aton Resources has recently carried out further sampling and mapping programmes over several regional targets at the company’s Abu Marawat... 


Tesla shareholders vote no on deep sea mining moratorium
18th June 2024 By: Bloomberg

Tesla Inc. investors agreed to Elon Musk’s $56-billion pay package on Thursday, but declined to agree to a moratorium on sourcing electric vehicle battery metals from deep sea ecosystems. Activist... 


US Gold secures key water discharge permit for CK project
14th June 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Explorer and developer US Gold has received a key permit for the CK project, in Wyoming, further advancing the company’s development efforts. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ)... 


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Tech enhances tunnel safety
14th June 2024

Manufacturing company and surface specialist SURTECO states that it ensures greater safety in Norway's tunnels, owing to the preeminece of safety in tunnels, which is a priority in Scandinavian... 


An image of Orica's fully lead-fee electronic blasting systems
Lead removed from electronic blasting products
14th June 2024

Commercial explosives and blasting systems manufacturer Orica is expanding its lead-free non-primary explosives detonator (NPED) technology through the manufacturing of what it claims is the... 


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Organisation looks into industry challenges
14th June 2024 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

High regulatory and legislative barriers in the quarrying sector are constraining its growth, says quarrying and surface mining professional body Institute of Quarrying Southern Africa (IQSA)... 


Image of the Venetia mine, in South Africa
Venetia Underground Project, South Africa – update
14th June 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Construction is about 73% complete. 


Image of third concentrator plant at The Kamoa-Kakula project – in the DRC
Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex, Democratic Republic of Congo – update
14th June 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Ivanhoe Mines has achieved first concentrate production at the Phase 3 concentrator. 


Schematic of the strategic environmental assessment
Boegoebaai deep-water port project and special economic zone, South Africa – update
14th June 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research is leading the strategic environmental assessment that is being undertaken for the Northern Cape’s planned green hydrogen production facilities in... 


Image of drill core from the Cascabel project
Cascabel copper/gold/silver project, Ecuador – update
14th June 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

SolGold has signed an exploitation contract for the project. 


first deck segment was cast on the Northern abutment of the Senqu bridge.
Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II, Lesotho – update
14th June 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Work has started on the remaining two major bridges to be built under Phase II. 


Image of the Eloise mine, in Australia
Eloise mine, Australia
14th June 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

A copper/gold/silver mine in North Queensland, Australia. 


Mining activity at Copper 360.
Copper 360 on home straight to produce quite a bit of cash, CEO reports
13th June 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Copper mining and marketing company Copper 360 is on the home straight to produce quite a bit of cash by financial year end. That was the main takeaway from Mining Weekly’s post-results Zoom... 


Space robotics sector is set for dramatic boom, predicts international consultancy
12th June 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

International data and analytics company GlobalData has forecast that the space robotics sector is set for “explosive growth”. This prediction was developed using the company’s innovation... 


Oriole starts delayed Phase 5 drilling at Cameroon project
11th June 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed Oriole Resources has advised of a number of logistical challenges hampering a Phase 5 drilling programme on the main mineral resource area of its Bibemi gold project, in Cameroon.... 


Study areas for the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the proposed Boegoebaai Port, Special Economic Zone, and broader Namakwa Region
CSIR conducting strategic environmental assessment for proposed Boegoebaai port, SEZ
7th June 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) says it is leading the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) that is being undertaken for the Northern Cape’s planned green hydrogen... 


Professor calls for support to grow marine geosciences to understand oceans
7th June 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Prior to the United Nations World Oceans Day on June 8, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) Professor of Marine Geology and University of Ulster in Northern Ireland visiting Professor Andrew Green... 


Tivan awarded NT exploration grants
7th June 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Northern Territory (NT) government has granted Tivan exploration grant funding for two applications made for the Sandover project. The applications were for funding under Round 17 of the... 


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