All mining operations requires blasting at one stage or another. Blast hole drilling is used in mining where a hole is drilled into the surface rock, packed with explosives and detonated. The aim of ...

Research agency Fitch Solutions and Country Risk has revised upward its average nickel price forecast for the year from $15 750/t to $16 500/t. The agency says nickel is enjoying strong demand from ...

The engineered polymer Vesconite, which is traditionally used for bearings, can reduce fire risks for solvent extraction (SX) plant, notes polymer developer Vesconite, adding that it has been ...

London-listed rare earths explorer Kavango Resources has identified seven drill-ready targets at its joint venture (JV) Ditau project, in Botswana. Ditau is held in 50:50 JV with fellow-listed Power ...

Boipelo Mining Contractors, a joint venture between engineering and construction multinational Murray & Roberts (M&R) and contact mining company AmandlaTM Group, has been awarded a R3.2-billion ...

South Africa’s ferrochrome industry has taken its first steps towards independent power generation, with plans to generate up to 750 MW of its own electricity (comprising wind, solar and cogenerated ...

An absorption, desorption and refining (ADR) plant supplied by global engineering company FLSmidth has allowed Tanzanian gold miner Shanta Mining Company Limited (SMCL) to boost its gold and silver ...

ASX-listed Panoramic Resources on Thursday told shareholders that Great Northern Palladium (GNP) had exercised its option over the remaining 20% interest in the Panton platinum group metals project, ...

JSE-listed AngloGold Ashanti has submitted a nonbinding proposal to the board of TSX-listed Corvus Gold to acquire all of its issued and outstanding common shares for about $370-million. AngloGold ...

Over the past eight months Autumn Skies Resources and Logistics (ASR&L) has been developing it's Autumn Skies Iron Ore (ASIO) mine which is South Africa's first private fully owned BEE iron ore mine ...

Canada’s major oil sands producers on Wednesday announced an alliance to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from oil sands operations by 2050. The initiative, which is a collaboration ...

The development of a mechanised shaft-sinking solution for hard-rock applications through rock-boring and drilling services provider Master Drilling’s subsidiary, Master Sinking – a joint venture ...