2019 – Issue 7

It’s all about miners from Down Under and a focus on security in the July 2019 issue of Mining Review Africa. Read all about the hottest projects on the continent operated by Australian mining companies, including an exclusive feature on Lucapa’s Mothae diamond mine in Lesotho. Plus, we focus on security issues in mining – traditional and new – and how the industry can deal with cyber attacks.

At surface and underground mines, abandoned as well as operating mines, illegal mining is a very serious challenge in South Africa.

Wi-Fi has improved productivity and working conditions for hundreds of miners at Anglo American’s coal mining operations in South Africa.

As the mining industry moves towards IoT and automation to boost productivity and efficiency, it has inadvertently opened itself up to cyber attacks.

While offering opportunities to boost productivity the mining industry's move towards technology is helping them gain competitive advantage.

Having led gold production for over a century, South Africa lost its title as Africa’s leading gold producer to Ghana in June due to its shrinking output.

The mining sector has entered an era where safety practises and production efficiencies and optimisation initiatives are driving business decisions.

ASX–listed graphite developer Battery Minerals believes that its Montepuez graphite project in Mozambique can significantly contribute to clean energy.

Pensana Metals is taking a distinctly different approach to the development of its 84%-owned Longonjo NdPr Project in Angola.

Theta Gold Mines to redevelop more than 620 km2 of tenements within the Transvaal Gold System in South Africa that still contains gold-bearing ore.

Nestled in a valley close to the top of Lesotho’s diamond-rich Maluti mountains lies Lucapa Diamond Company’s new Mothae mine.