Anglo American
Base Metals
Weir Minerals’ impressive installation track record
With the largest installed base of mill circuit pumps in the world, Weir Minerals’ reputation as a slurry pump expert remains firmly intact.
Central Africa
Majors support transparency of tailings storage facilities
Mining majors respond to the international requests for information and transparency on their tailings storage facilities.
Energy
World Bank gains traction with Climate-Smart Mining facility
The World Bank has launched its Climate-Smart Mining Facility – the first-ever fund dedicated to making mining for minerals and metals a more sustainable.
Base Metals
Kumba commits R2 billion to small business development
Kumba Iron Ore has grown its small business procurement targets by 75% from R 500 million two years ago, to a target of R 2 billion by the end of 2019.
Central Africa
Pensana appoints Anglo American veteran as CEO
Pensana Metals has appointed experienced Minerals Engineer Tim George as CEO to drive Longonjo rare earth project in Angola.
Central Africa
What is the future of coal?
Coal and renewables complement each other. This was the general consensus following a panel discussion on how coal miners compete with renewable energy.
Business and policy
Minerals Council approves of task teams to assess power stations
The Minerals Council South Africa welcomes the establishment of an engineering task team to assess challenges at Eskom’s power stations.
Base Metals
Anglo American fund to become Orion shareholder
Orion Minerals has reached agreement with the AASMF to redeem shares held by AASMF in one of Orion’s key project subsidiaries for shares in Orion.
Health and safety
Awards section: Excellence in Safety
VIS is a Level 9 system that takes control of a machine in certain situations if the operator does not react appropriately to a CAS warning.
Coal
Awards Section: Excellence in Environmental Sustainability
Conserving large tracts of land for biodiversity conservation and research is one of the important ways that the De Beers Group ensures its overall impact on the environment is positive.
