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Following a meeting of the Board of the Minerals Council South Africa, the Board has advised that it is deeply disappointed, concerned and saddened by the increase in fatalities experienced in the mining industry this year, and in 2017. In addition to the active steps being taken by the Minerals Council and its members to[…]

On July 6 2018, the BIOMOre project had its final event in Brussels. The workshop was attended by some 45 people. The organisers said it was a very successful meeting, because the participants “recognised the amount and quality of results of the project work.” After keynote speeches from the EIT RawMaterials and the EASME of[…]

South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is trying to improve safety in the country’s underground mining sector through the launch of a number of new technologies. At an event held at the Mandela Mining Precinct, Johannesburg, earlier this week, CSIR showcased a robot able to assess and identify risks in underground mines,[…]

A revolutionary new drill rig – The RoXplorer® coiled tubing (CT) rig – has been licenced to one of the world’s leading global mining equipment, technology and services (METS) companies, IMDEX. A prototype of the Australian innovation, developed by Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (DET CRC), is also undergoing final preparations for a drilling[…]

Stronger metal output and prices saw Outotec’s order intake rise in the June quarter and first half of the year. The company reported a 13% year-on-year increase in the first half of the year and a 21% improvement in the most recent June quarter. Service orders also rose 16% and 18% in the half-year and[…]

Immersive Technologies’ annual award for miners using simulation for equipment operator optimisation and business improvement went a step further this year, recognising global winners for surface and underground mining environments. The award, based on improvements made in 2017, acknowledges the achievements of mine sites focused on improving operational safety, efficiency and productivity through “strategic and[…]

Mincor Resources has poured first gold from its Widgiemooltha project in Western Australia and is on course to deliver 40,000 tonnes of ore per month to Westgold Resources’ nearby Higginsville plant. The first pour, from material sourced from the start-up upper benches of the Flinders and Bass pits, comes only 15 months after the company[…]

thyssenkrupp recently won a contract from Doosan Power Systems India (DPSI) to supply material handling plants for two thermal power projects in Uttar Pradesh, India. The order is worth a total of around $115 million and includes engineering, delivery and installation of two complete coal handling systems, including associated structural and electrical works. The plants[…]

BHP has officially broke ground on the $3.6 billion South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara of Western Australia, just over a month since it approved development of the project. Officials from BHP and its joint venture partners Mitsui and ITOCHU were joined by Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan for the ceremony (pictured). The[…]

Mine and plant workers will continue to have a fly in/fly out (FIFO) option at the Phosphate Hill operations in northwest Queensland, Australia, after Alliance Aviation extended its air charter services contract with owner Incitec Pivot. The contract has been extended for three years with a bolt on two-year option that could see the service[…]