2017 – Issue 6
Magazine Articles
Drilling Safely – The non-negotiable factor
Two underground diamond drilling sites, both with drilling expert ROSOND, have achieved impressive safety records of five years of zero harm.
Amandelbult Dishaba Underground Diamond...
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Professional Engineers – Skills retention vital for South African mining
Professional Engineers - Skills retention vital for South African mining It is unfortunate that one of the largest consumers of the commodities produced through...
Health and safety
Victaulic Pipe Solutions – Addressing Africa’s most demanding mining applications
Although they can be huge, the pay-offs in mining are never quick or easy. Mining requires large capital input, and new projects or expansions...
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Shanta Gold: New luika gold mine
AIM-listed gold producer Shanta Gold has spent the last two years focusing on building a sustainable operation at its wholly-owned New Luika gold mine...
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Cupric Canyon Capital – Building a copper hot spot in Botswana
Through its wholly-owned Botswana subsidiary Khoemacau Copper Mining, copper-focused private equity firm Cupric Canyon Capital is working to deliver first concentrate from its Zone...
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Bullish for Bauxite – Alufer Mining rapidly advances Bel Air project
Independent bauxite exploration and development company Alufer Mining (Alufer) is poised to become a significant bauxite exporter to China when it achieves first commercial...
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Personality of the month: SACPS chairman Jayson Jacobs
JAYSON JACOBS, newly appointed chairman for the Southern African Coal Processing Society (SACPS), believes that there are still growth opportunities for the South African coal...
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Investment Trends in Africa
Most, if not all, African countries face similar investment challenges, particularly in the mining industry. These include: perceptions of systemic corruption, political instability, regulatory...
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SRK warns against ‘hollowing out’ mining company skills
The trend towards outsourcing of core business functions creates a number of risks, according to engineering and scientific specialist SRK Consulting, especially at a...
