Archives: Diamond mining

FLSmidth today announced that all conditions and requirements for the acquisition of thyssenkrupp’s Mining business (TK Mining) have been met. In accordance with the sale and purchase agreement, final closing of the transaction will take place on the last business day of the month. Accordingly, the transaction will close on 31 August 2022. All regulatory[…]

The performance of Multotec’s pulping chutes at Ekapa’s diamond treatment operation in Kimberley, South Africa, over the past couple of years has, the company says, opened the door to quicker and more cost effective fines scrubbing. According to John Britton, Technical Consultant at Multotec, the two pulping chutes have achieved outstanding results, helping the customer’s[…]

TOMRA Mining will showcase its sensor-based sorting solutions at the Electra Mining 2022 exhibition, in Johannesburg, South Africa, in September, showcasing, for the first time, live demonstrations of its COM XRT 300 /FR Final Recovery sorter for diamond operations. Representatives from its Sales and Field Service teams will also present TOMRA’s offering of advanced digital[…]

WEC Projects, a South Africa-based EPC contractor specialising in water and wastewater treatment solutions, says it will soon complete the installation of a new WEC Model B packaged sewage  treatment plant at the Mothae diamond mine in Lesotho. The mine is 70% owned by Lucapa Diamond Company and 30% by the Government of Lesotho. Rudolf[…]

Leading South Africa-based, black-owned contractor Concor is engaging on a 17-month project to construct a new pollution control dam at De Beers’ Venetia diamond mine, South Africa’s largest diamond producer. The well-advanced Venetia Underground Project (VUP) will extend the mine’s life span to at least 2045, and the new dam – Pollution Control Dam 3[…]

Benguela Gem, (AMV3 Project), the world’s largest diamond recovery vessel, will contribute N$3 billion a year to the Namibian economy. Owned and operated by Debmarine Namibia, the ship is one of the most technologically advanced vessels in the marine diamond industry, valued at more than US$420 million. Thanks to its advanced subsea crawling equipment the[…]

The BEUMER Group, based in Beckum, Germany, a leading international manufacturer of intralogistics systems in the areas of conveyor and loading systems, palletising and packaging technology as well as sorting and distribution systems, has taken over fellow German company FAM GmbH, Magdeburg, a major supplier of conveyor systems and loading technology. The contracts were signed[…]

Southstone Minerals Ltd’s 43% owned subsidiary, African Star Minerals, has entered into a contract mining and diamond recovery agreement with Oryx Mining for the Oena diamond mine, in South Africa. Oryx, at its own cost and expense, will provide and maintain all the plant and equipment as required to perform the mining services, Southstone says.[…]

De Beers says it is making good progress on the installation of a comprehensive water management system at its Venetia Underground Project (VUP) in Limpopo Province. Costing US$2.2 billion to develop, the VUP will see an ultra-modern sub-level cave diamond mine replacing the current open pit operations, which are due to cease shortly after being[…]

The National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (NMDC), India’s largest iron ore producer and a CPSE under the Ministry of Steel, has signed an MoU with IIT Kharagpur for drone-based mineral exploration. NMDC has been exploring for minerals for six decades including copper, phosphate rock, limestone, magnesite, diamond, tungsten and mineral sands amongst others from reconnaissance G4[…]