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Community leaders, guests and company employees last week participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony and tour to officially open the newest addition to Cementation’s North Bay operations. This new facility significantly increases work and warehouse space as well as provides  enhanced lifting, electrical and compressed air capacity to further support the servicing of Cementation’s underground[…]

The largest AC electric motor operating in Zimbabwe drives a reduction mill, and this synchronous motor was recently refurbished by leading rotating machinery repairer, Marthinusen & Coutts, a division of ACTOM. Estimated to be around 30 years old, the 2,150 kW synchronous mill motor, which was in operation at Freda Rebecca gold mine, suffered a[…]

ASGCO – “Complete Conveyor Solutions,” a leading manufacturer, distributor and service provider, has announced the successful addition of the EZ Series to its line of Vul-Con vulcanising presses and equipment. The new EZ100 (100 psi) and the EZ60 (60 psi) expand the line of vulcanising equipment offered by ASGCO to “allow the customer flexibility, depending[…]

Thiess has secured two contracts with a combined revenue of A$440 million to provide mining services at BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance’s (BMA) Caval Ridge and Peak Downs coal mines in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, Australia. Over three years, Thiess will deliver mining services for specific components of work including the services required for Caval Ridge Southern[…]

TDS Projects Construction is completing a mammoth installation of extensive ground handling infrastructure at Petra Diamonds’ Finsch mine. The project which commenced in November 2014 was awarded to TDS Projects Construction by Petra Diamonds following a successful tender process. TDS Projects Construction’s affiliated company, Thuthukani Engineering Solutions, designed the C-cut ground handling infrastructure at Cullinan[…]

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals to the mining industry, announced at the Expo Mineria 2017 that for the first time the company is expanding its comprehensive suite of mining-specific product innovations and technical expertise to customers in Mexico. Clariant has been supporting Latin America’s mining industry for five decades and now growing its[…]

A breakthrough Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey at the Blina diamond project indicates as yet untested alluvial trap sites with the potential to host high grade or bonanza grade diamond deposits within the ancient gravels. Numerous high quality targets have been generated. This latest GPR technology uses state of the art modern electronics to deliver[…]

RCT’s ControlMaster® Automation solutions, in particular its Guidance offering, the company says have been driving productivity and profitability in the mining industry for more than 5 million operating hours. “This is a significant milestone for RCT as it is much greater than other automation solutions available on the market today,” said RCT’s Automation and Control[…]

Being locally registered in Mozambique and well-staffed with 26 highly trained and qualified Mozambican nationals, Multotec Services Mozambique Limitada has secured supply contracts for processing equipment with some of the country’s major role players. “We were the first mineral processing company to establish a facility in Tete province – back in 2011,” says Thinus Kruger,[…]

Ahead of the December issue of IM focus on companies supplying EPCM services and contract mining, comes the news that a major Chinese construction group has acquired Canada’s Aecon, which has been involved in several major mining contracts in the potash, uranium, molybdenum, oil sands and other sectors. It has some 500 equipment units exclusively[…]