South Africa is recognised as having the potential to play a significant role in the establishment of a more diversified supply chain of critical rare earths for the green energy transition.... 

Airbus Space has been awarded a €109.3-million (including options) contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the latest phase of its Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial and Helio... 

Platinum group metals miner Impala Platinum (Implats) has confirmed that another employee injured in a safety incident at its Impala Rustenburg Shaft 11 operation on November 27 died at the weekend... 

Scientists at the University of Pretoria (UP) are leading a study of natural hydrogen gas discovered beneath the Earth’s surface in Mpumalanga.   The gas could be a source of renewable energy that... 

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 nozzles... 

By Prof Dilip Kumar Das and Prof Mohamed Mostafa Many countries across the world are actively seeking to transform their cities into smart cities, or to establish new ones. At the core of this... 

As part of the proposed rehabilitation of the century-old Quay Wall 3 at the Port of East London, SRK Consulting has completed a geotechnical investigation to assess ground conditions at the site.... 

Cononish is Scotland’s first commercial gold mine. 

The direct-to-blister flash smelter is on schedule for commissioning in the fourth quarter of 2024. 

Lift II will have a design capacity of 32 500 t/d, 400 m below Lift I, with a mine life to 2040. 

Abcourt Mines started work in September to restart the operation. 

Impala Platinum (Implats) will resume production at its Rustenburg operations on Thursday, after the company suspended activity earlier in the week following an accident. The deep-level shaft in... 

Northern Cape mining company Copper 360, which listed on the Alternative Exchange of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange this year, took yet another leap forward on Wednesday with the announcement that... 

Diamond miner Lucara Diamond Corp, which has appointed Glenn Kondo CFO and corporate secretary, with effect from January 1, expects to mine between 3.6-million and 4.6-million tonnes and recover... 

Understanding fire classification and fire extinguishers Fire is a powerful force of nature that has the power to both shape our world and bring it to its knees. According to SafeQuip,  a leading... 

Platinum group metals miner Impala Platinum (Implats) has confirmed that operations at Impala Rustenburg's 11 Shaft and 11C Shaft will remain closed until all internal processes have been... 

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has made a high-grade copper discovery to the west of its Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The discovery was made on joint venture licences... 

ASX-listed Variscan Mines has announced a maiden mineral resource estimate (MRE) of 1.1-million tonnes at 9% zinc and 1.2% lead at the San Jose mine, in northern Spain. The project is centred... 

Africa-focused lithium exploration and development company Atlantic Lithium announces that multiple broad intervals of visible spodumene have been observed in drilling outside of the current... 

Platinum group metals miner Impala Platinum (Implats) has reported that 11 employees have died and 75 were injured at its Impala Rustenburg 11 Shaft on the afternoon of November 27. Implats... 

Depleting ore grades of cobalt deposits at Glencore's Mutanda mine in Congo means the miner will produce up to 15% less a year of the battery metal, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.... 

Australia-based gold mining firm Silver Lake Resources continues to believe in the potential of the Sugar Zone mine, in Ontario, Canada, says chairperson David Quinlivan. The company, which in... 

As the global mining industry works towards meeting stringent new tailings dam standards, international independent consultancy SRK Consulting, through a presentation given earlier this year to the... 

This week we profile Deon du Plessis, CEO and principal geologist at Earthlab, a company offering minerals exploration, mineral resources and reserves, mining studies, and data analytics, as well... 

IPR, previously known as Integrated Pump Rental, is recognised across the SADC region as the pump, heavy-duty slurry handling and dredging specialist, operating across all sectors including... 

Westwood is Iamgold’s only underground mine. 

Erdene Resource Development Corp is developing what will be one of the highest-grade openpit gold mines in the world. 

Jervois has started its underground resource extension programme at the RAM deposit at the Idaho Cobalt Operations. 

TSX-V-listed Abcourt Mines on Tuesday started processing the first tonnes from the Pershing-Manitou deposit at the Sleeping Giant mill, having begun work in September to restart the operation.... 

When it comes to small precision grinding tools, internal grinding is probably the most popular grinding application. Being one of the most difficult operations owing to the way the part to be... 

By Wilco de Villiers In recent years, the emphasis in the global mining industry has shifted from mere energy cost savings and carbon footprint reduction to a more critical concern: energy... 

By Leah Shelene Asaram – Engineering Institute of Technology Introduction: 

After more than a thousand of its workers went to fight Russia's invasion, a coal mining enterprise in eastern Ukraine suffered a huge staff shortage. Its answer was to allow women to work... 

Four months after the initial study, Black Cat Syndicate on Tuesday unveiled an improved restart plan for the Paulsens gold mine, with higher production and cashflow, as well as improved recoveries... 

Chile's State-owned Codelco, the world's leading copper miner, is planning to invest an extra $720-million in the revamp of one of its copper mines. The company has proposed a series of... 

Dual-listed Jervois has commenced its underground resource extension programme at the RAM deposit at Idaho Cobalt Operations (ICO) in the US. The programme will involve the construction of an... 

MV Switchgear, which executed two large contracts over the past two years involving manufacture, supply, and installation of numer­ous air-insulated switchgear (AIS) panels for 11kV substations at... 

Dana Roets will step down as COO of gold miner Caledonia Mining Corporation, with effect from February 29. He joined Caledonia as COO in 2013 and has been instrumental in the development of the... 

Exploration and development company Spartan Resources on Friday announced a A$25-million institutional placement to accelerate its growth strategy at Dalgaranga, in Western Australia’s Murchison... 

Shareholders plan to build a 1 443 km crude oil export pipeline from Kabaale–Hoima, in Uganda, to the Chongoleani peninsula near Tanga port, in Tanzania. 

Rotating equipment repairer Delba Electrical has long been a leading name in the world of electric rotating machines. Renowned for its dedication to quality, innovation and reliability, Delba has... 

The project has received Ministerial approval to proceed with the development.