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South Africa faces a hydrogen skills crisis
3rd February 2023

By Yershen Pillay, CHIETA CEO In the next five to ten years, South Africa faces a major skills crisis in the local green hydrogen economy. Thousands of engineers, technicians and green artisans... 


SRG wins major contracts with Northern Star
2nd February 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Gold miner Northern Star Resources has awarded ASX-listed contractor SRG Global contracts valued at some A$220-million. SRG has secured a five-year contract at the Bronzewing gold operations, in... 


ENEOS starts green hydrogen plant in Qld
1st February 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Japanese energy giant ENEOS has officially opened its green hydrogen demonstration plant in Queensland. ENEOS will produce the green hydrogen using its patented electrolysis technology (Direct... 


West African sets targets for 2023
31st January 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Gold miner West African Resources has set a production guidance of between 210 000 oz and 230 000 oz for the 2023 financial year, with the company expected to spend some $27-million to grow its... 


Squeezed mining companies face growth dilemma
31st January 2023 By: Reuters

High costs and the prospect of shrinking earnings have made big miners nervous about expansion, even as shareholders demand investment in response to robust commodity prices, China's reopening and... 


Mongolia calls on Rio Tinto to keep budget for giant copper mine in check
Mongolia calls on Rio Tinto to keep budget for giant copper mine in check
27th January 2023 By: Reuters

Mongolia has asked Rio Tinto, its partner in the huge Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in the Gobi desert, not to further increase its estimated $7.06-billion budget for the project's expansion, its... 


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Secure supply, efficiency needed for mining growth
27th January 2023

An important focus of this year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba – to be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from February 6 to 9 – will be security and supply, and with good... 


Green hydrogen - reflections on the new green gold
20th January 2023 By: Saliem Fakir

South Africa had its first investor and policy summit in Cape Town in late November when President Cyril Ramaphosa opened the hydrogen conference. Hydrogen is the most common element in the... 


Fortuna starts SAG mill installation at Côte d'Ivoire project
20th December 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canadian precious metals miner Fortuna Silver Mines has started with the installation of a semiautogenous (SAG) mill at the Séguéla gold project, in Côte d’Ivoire. Despite global supply chain... 


Mechanised, wireless development blast fired at Agnico’s Finland mine
15th December 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australian explosives group and Swedish mining equipment company Epiroc have successfully initiated live blasting with Avatel – a semi-automated wireless underground development charging solution... 


Friedland’s technology firm in collaboration agreement with BHP
Friedland’s technology firm in collaboration agreement with BHP
14th December 2022 By: Kenneth Creamer

Diversified resources group BHP has entered into a collaboration agreement with technology companies I-Pulse and I-Rox to identify and develop applications of pulsed-power technology across... 


Anglo Platinum CEO Natascha Viljoen.
Underground mining at Anglo Platinum’s Mogalakwena targeted to start end 2024
12th December 2022 By: Martin Creamer

The first potential underground mining at Anglo American Platinum’s opencast Mogalakwena platinum group metals (PGM) mine in Limpopo is targeted to start towards the end of 2024 and build up slowly... 


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Extortion ‘mafia’ hits South Africa’s $55bn mining sector
9th December 2022 By: Bloomberg

A threatening letter, a derailed train, blocked roads, burned vehicles, workers locked up. That’s what some of the world’s biggest mining companies say they’re battling in South Africa: Extortion.... 


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Orica
2nd December 2022

Orica is the world’s largest provider of commercial explosives and innovative blasting systems to the mining, quarrying, oil and gas and construction markets, a leading supplier of sodium cyanide... 


Adventus, Salazar welcome consultation decree that will guide ESIA approval process in Ecuador
1st December 2022 By: Darren Parker

Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso has signed a prelegislative consultation decree that will guide the formal comment process for the draft environmental consultation regulation as part of the... 


Canadian govt approves the enviro assessment of Generation PGM’s Marathon mine
1st December 2022 By: Donna Slater

The Canadian government has approved the environmental assessment of TSX-listed Generation PGM’s Marathon palladium/copper project. Generation will now proceed with obtaining any additional... 


BHP working towards GHG targets at Olympic Dam
28th November 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Mining major BHP has unveiled a fully electric Jumbo at its Olympic Dam operations, in South Australia, to support the company’s target to reduce operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions,... 


Omnia sees further growth in targeted sectors, interim earnings up 30%
22nd November 2022 By: Donna Slater

JSE-listed diversified chemicals producer Omnia grew its interim earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation, excluding its Zimbabwean operations and impairments, by 30%... 


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New water treatment plant for AECI Mining Explosives
3rd November 2022

A R30-million state-of-the-art water treatment plant at AECI Mining Explosives’ nitrates manufacturing facility in Modderfontein, in Johannesburg, is saving the city 400-million litres of potable... 


Afrimat's interim earnings decrease, but diversification, efficiency improvements continue
28th October 2022 By: Darren Parker

Midtier mining company Afrimat reported a 14.5% decrease in headline earnings a share to 252.2c for the six months ended August 31. The Afrimat board declared an interim gross dividend of 40c a... 


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Small-scale miners benefit from membership
28th October 2022

While large mines have sufficient staff in different roles to ensure compliance with legislation, such as quality management, smaller-scale surface mines often lack some of the resources to ensure... 


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Explosives firm assists with disposal of used oil
28th October 2022

Major openpit coal mining company PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), which operates in the regions of Sangatta and Bengalon, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, manages one of the largest openpit mines in the... 


Inflation-hit metals miners are seeing early signs of cost relief
27th October 2022 By: Bloomberg

Mining companies are starting to see signs of easing costs to dig up industrial metals, after spending months dealing with accelerating inflation that eroded earnings. The financial chiefs of First... 


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Blast tools aid sustainability
21st October 2022 By: Leah Shelene Asaram

Building on the flexibility and accuracy of electronic detonation, digital blasting tools can assist in enhancing mines’ efficiency and reducing carbon emissions, says blasting and explosives... 


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Safer blasts shield communities
21st October 2022 By: Leah Shelene Asaram

Explosives and blasting contractor Master Blasters uses only the safest primary and secondary explosives – resulting in the least damage to the environment and impact on surrounding communities –... 


Green ammonia to reduce mines’ Scope 3 emissions
21st October 2022 By: Leah Shelene Asaram

As explosives and blasting services contribute largely to carbon emissions, the mining sector needs to implement alternative explosives production processes to reduce its carbon footprint, and one... 


New DHL SA complex has strong focus on  Africa’s life sciences, healthcare sector
New DHL SA complex has strong focus on Africa’s life sciences, healthcare sector
21st October 2022 By: Schalk Burger

The newly built head office and 10 000 m2 warehouse of logistics services multinational DHL Global Forwarding, in South Africa, will cater to the needs of Africa’s rapidly advancing and growing... 


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Real-time tailoring of explosive energy a reality
21st October 2022 By: Leah Shelene Asaram

Mining and infrastructure solutions company Orica notes that its “revolutionary” 4D bulk system is available for surface mining, and is being trialled for underground mining, with subsequent market... 


BME MD Ralf Hennecke
BME launches graduate programme to contribute to mining skills development
18th October 2022 By: Darren Parker

Explosives company BME, part of the Omnia group, has launched a two-year graduate programme to address youth unemployment and skills shortages in the mining industry. The programme targets various... 


Cabinda DFS proves up
17th October 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Cabinda phosphate project, in Angola, has estimated a capital requirement of $48.5-million to develop the project, with owner Minbos Resources saying... 


20 arrested, 15 AK-47s seized at illegal mine in North West
11th October 2022 By: News24Wire

Twenty people have been arrested by North West authorities for illegal mining, with charges ranging from violation of immigration laws and conspiracy to commit robbery and possession of unlicenced... 


Arena supports Gibson Island hydrogen plans
7th October 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) has awarded A$13.7-million in funding to green energy developer Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and its partner Incitec Pivot (IPL) to fund a... 


Challenging year for MC Mining
30th September 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Coal miner MC Mining says the financial year ended June 30 was challenging for its Uitkomst Colliery, which was affected by the civil unrest in KwaZulu-Natal during July 2021, as well as the... 


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Top gold CEOs say soaring costs will hobble mining industry into 2023
22nd September 2022 By: Bloomberg

The world’s top gold mining executives see cost pressures sticking around into next year, adding to industry headwinds fueled by economic and political uncertainty, supply-chain disruptions and... 


Coal conveyor belt at Minergy's Masama mine, in Botswana
Minergy posts first profits from Masama mine, expects profitable 2023 financial year
20th September 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Botswana-listed coal miner Minergy has reported “remarkable growth” in revenue from P193-million in the 2021 financial year, to P425-million in the 2022 financial year. The company achieved the... 


An image of the BME AXXIS Silver electronic initiation system at a mine in Lesotho
BME’s AXXIS Silver debuts at sub-zero Lesotho mine
9th September 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

In the mountain kingdom of Lesotho, explosives and blasting specialist BME recently achieved the first blast outside of South Africa with its new AXXIS Silver electronic initiation system. BME – a... 


Jet Demolition, Edifice Engineering collaborate on Supertech Twin Tower implosion in India
9th September 2022

Demolition specialist Jet Demolition has successfully imploded the Supertech Twin Towers in Noida, Utter Pradesh near the capital New Delhi. The controlled implosion took place at 14:30 on Sunday... 


Traka Africa mining sector specialist Nicolai Van Zyl
Traka Africa to launch next-gen key management systems in 2023 providing enhanced security, serviceability, traceability
8th September 2022 By: Simone Liedtke

Global leader in electronic key and equipment solutions Traka Africa will be launching next-generation key management systems in 2023, which will provide enhanced security,  serviceability and... 


Jacobs Transport's Lee-Ann Courvoisier
Jacobs Transport’s young, compliant fleet shifts to bigger business premises
6th September 2022 By: Simone Liedtke

Transportation service provider Jacobs Transport has outgrown its current yard space and will be redesigning the company’s modus operandi to conform with business requirement flow. The company... 


Australian gold production rises
5th September 2022

Australian gold production increased by 7 t in the last quarter of the 2021-2022 financial year, Melbourne-based gold mining consultants Surbiton Associates reported. Output for the June 2022... 


Electricity and water don’t mix
2nd September 2022 By: Terry Mackenzie-hoy

‘The War to End All Wars’ is now more than 100 years ago. Specifically speaking, this refers to World War I. Those of you who know history will know that it hardly involved the whole of the world.... 


Master Drilling CEO Danie Pretorius
Master Drilling lists diversification plans as it reports stellar interim performance
30th August 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed Master Drilling had one of the best interim periods in its 36-year history in the six months ended June 30, with all business units having contributed positively to earnings, while... 


Used oil programme reflects ESG drive
26th August 2022

The recent solid financial performance by chemicals manufacturer Omnia Group’s explosives subsidiary BME, is underpinned by its environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) commitment, says... 


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