https://newsletter.mw.creamermedia.com
Africa|Crushing|Dewatering|Electrical|Engineering|Gold|Infrastructure|Mining|PROJECT|Repairs|Roads|Screening|SECURITY|Storage|Water|Infrastructure|Operations
Africa|Crushing|Dewatering|Electrical|Engineering|Gold|Infrastructure|Mining|PROJECT|Repairs|Roads|Screening|SECURITY|Storage|Water|Infrastructure|Operations
africa|crushing|dewatering|electrical|engineering|gold|infrastructure|mining|project|repairs|roads|screening|security|storage|water|infrastructure|operations

URA nears restart of historical Gravelotte emerald mine

28th June 2023

By: Marleny Arnoldi

Deputy Editor Online

     

Font size: - +

London-listed URA Holdings has completed essential workstreams at its 74%-owned Gravelotte emerald mine, in Limpopo, South Africa, ahead of restarting mining operations.

Some of the work completed includes upgrading water supply and water storage capacity for processing operations, completing site security upgrades, establishing or upgrading main haulage roads between the openpits and the processing plant, upgrading main electrical infrastructure and rehabilitating 1.5 ha of historic gold slimes and tailings.

The company has also upgraded dewatering and screening infrastructure and completed engineering drawings to upgrade the existing processing plant to include an additional crushing and milling circuit, as well as a vibrator, to increase throughput.

“We are now focusing our activities on preparing for the restart of mining and processing operations.

“Although we were fortunate to already have significant historic mine infrastructure in place, some repairs were still required. I commend the team on the ground in South Africa for getting us closer to restarting mining operations at Gravelotte on a tight budget,” says chairperson Edward Nealon.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Gravelotte was the largest emerald mine in the world, and 113-million carats were recovered over its lifespan from 1929 to 2002.

Since buying a stake in the mine through owner company Gem Venus Holdings, URA has established the first-ever code-compliant independent resource on the project, which identified 29-million carats of contained emeralds.

This resource represents a life-of-mine of more than ten years.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

Comments

Showroom

Victaulic
Victaulic

Since 1919, Victaulic’s innovative solutions and design services continue to increase construction productivity and reduce risk, ensuring projects...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Willard
Willard

Rooted in the hearts of South Africans, combining technology and a quest for perfection to bring you a battery of peerless standing. Willard...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Photo of Martin Creamer
On-The-Air (15/11/2024)
15th November 2024 By: Martin Creamer
Magazine round up | 15 November 2024
Magazine round up | 15 November 2024
15th November 2024

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:1.149 1.341s - 177pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now