https://newsletter.mw.creamermedia.com

Receive our free daily newsletter:

Reko Diq
Barrick to expand Capital’s service offering at Reko Diq
20th January 2025 By: Darren Parker

London-listed mining services company Capital has received a letter of intent from gold mining company Barrick Gold Corporation, the operator and 50% owner of the Reko Diq copper/gold project, in... 


Transmission lines
NTCSA appoints EPC suppliers for transmission substations
25th November 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Following a strategic review of the National Transmission Company South Africa’s (NTCSA’s) corporate plan, which includes focusing on accelerating the delivery of the Transmission Development Plan... 


LTA Autecon celebrates 40 years of SMEIPP construction excellence
LTA Autecon celebrates 40 years of SMEIPP construction excellence
10th October 2024

LTA Autecon, formerly known as Grinaker-LTA Mechanical & Electrical, has recently redefined its distinct identity and strategic positioning as a market leader in the structural, mechanical,... 


Jonathan McKey National Sales and Marketing Manager at SEW-EURODRIVE
SEW-EURODRIVE'S growing local range drives entry into new markets
4th September 2024

As its exhibition presence at Electra Mining Africa showed, SEW-EURODRIVE is rolling out an even greater selection of planetary drives as part of its strategy to ‘close the loop’ in its product... 


SEW-Eurodrive national sales and marketing manager Jonathan McKey
SEW-EURODRIVE ‘closes the loop’ with more diverse range of drives, automation, sustainability solutions
2nd September 2024 By: Darren Parker

Power train solutions company SEW-EURODRIVE has announced that it is rolling out a wider selection of planetary drives as part of its ‘close the loop’ strategy, geared at servicing more industry... 


CIDB logo
Fifth annual cidb ERWIC Awards recognise catalysts for change in construction industry
30th August 2024

The Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) hosted its prestigious Empowerment and Recognition of Women in Construction (ERWIC) Awards on August 22, 2024, in Sandton, north of Johannesburg.... 


Boitumelo ‘Gwen’ Mahuma-Madida, CEO of Mahuma Investment Holdings (MIH), chairperson of Colossal Concrete Products, and executive director of BBD Steel Suppliers and Remkor Manufacturing
Gwen Mahuma-Madida
16th August 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

This week we profile Gwen Mahuma-Madida, CEO of Mahuma Investment Holdings (MIH), chairperson of Colossal Concrete Products, and executive director of BBD Steel Suppliers and Remkor Manufacturing.... 


Marula’s new ore sorter to be transported to Blesberg soon
1st August 2024 By: Darren Parker

AQSE- and A2X-listed Marula Mining’s Tomra COM XRT 1200 ore sorter has been decommissioned in Gauteng and will be transported to Springbok in the Northern Cape soon, the company said on August 1.... 


Magazine Cover image
Cape Town’s Atlantis SEZ aiming to become green-industry heartland
19th July 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

This month, July, will see the Greentech-focused Atlantis Special Economic Zone (ASEZ) mark two milestones, namely the breaking of ground for the first new factory to be built there, and the start... 


Image of mounds of mineral sands
North Perth Basin mineral sands project, Australia – update
14th June 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Preliminary works have started. 


Image kicks off preliminary works at WA mineral sands project
11th June 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Image Resources has started minor, or preliminary work activities at its Atlas mineral sands project, north of Perth in Western Australia. Preliminary works include the construction of... 


An image of a cement plant
New limestone quarry under development
3rd May 2024

As the important mineral component of its cement, limestone will soon be mined from a new deposit by aggregates and construction materials company AfriSam’s Ulco cement plant, in the Northern Cape.... 


Location map of the Longonjo project
Longonjo neodymium/praseodymium project, Angola – update
5th April 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Pensana has reported that preparatory works are advancing smoothly. 


LOCATION MAP OF THE LONGONJO MINING OPERATION
Longonjo neodymium/praseodymium project, Angola – update
8th March 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Preparatory works are advancing smoothly. 


Pensana’s Longonjo project in Angola
Long lead item orders placed, site preparation works well under way at Longonjo
4th March 2024 By: Darren Parker

Preparatory works are forging ahead smoothly at rare earths mining company Pensana’s Longonjo project in Angola, with main construction expected to start in May and cold commissioning to follow in... 


Sylvania reports positive results despite lower PGM prices
22nd February 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Platinum group metals (PGMs) producer and developer Sylvania Platinum says its revenue and net profit for the 2023 financial year remained respectable, despite the impact of a significantly lower... 


Commissioning of expanded processing plant at Marula's Blesberg project remains on track
1st December 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

African focused battery metals investment and exploration company Marula Mining has reported steady progress in the expansion of ore processing capacity at its Blesberg lithium and tantalum... 


A large patch of land being cleared to make way for the construction of a tailing re treatment plant being constructed for Pan African Resources at its Mintails operations
Tailings retreatment plant construction progressing
24th November 2023 By: Halima Frost

The construction of midtier gold producer Pan African Resources’ Mogale tailings retreatment (MTR) plant at the Mintails site, on the West Rand of Gauteng, is progressing according to schedule and... 


Image of graphite ore
Lindi Jumbo graphite project, Tanzania – update
3rd November 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Walkabout Resources has reported that the earthmoving and civils contract almost completed. 


Costs of funding delays on Lindi Jumbo capex minimal
Costs of funding delays on Lindi Jumbo capex minimal
31st October 2023 By: Mariaan Webb

The Lindi Jumbo graphite project, in Tanzania, has weathered funding delays with resilience, registering a minimal impact of 4.2% on the capital cost estimate, ASX-listed Walkabout Resources... 


Demand for modular substations increasing
1st September 2023 By: Natasha Odendaal

As demand for dry-type transformers increases, particularly for difficult operating environments, dry-type transformer specialist Trafo Power Solutions is accelerating its delivery of complementary... 


UMS bridges the gap between the front-end and construction on project in Brazil
20th July 2023

Specialist underground mining and metallurgical processing services company, UMS Group (UMS), is proving the success of its integrated partnership business model on the Ero Copper Caraíba... 


Image puts price tag on Bidaminna
27th June 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

A prefeasibility study (PFS) into the Bidaminna mineral sands project, in Western Australia, has estimated a capital cost of A$194-million. ASX-listed Image Resources on Tuesday said that the... 


Atlantis image
Atlantis SEZ a manufacturing hub in push for green economy
22nd June 2023

A green economy is the sustainable setting that everyone today, and future generations, needs to live and work in. It is the responsible and future-looking economy that every sector needs to... 


Civil Confidence Index improves for fourth consecutive quarter
14th April 2023 By: Irma Venter

The First National Bank (FNB)/Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Civil Confidence Index increased to a more than six-year high of 42 in the first quarter of the year, up from 31 in the fourth... 


An image depicting mine workers on site
New coal mine starting production in Botswana
31st March 2023 By: Sabrina Jardim

Geological consultancy Gemecs has embarked on a project for the development of Botswana’s third coal mine, expected to start production by year end, with the project in the mine planning phase, and... 


Image of graphite samples from the Lindi Jumbo project
Lindi Jumbo graphite project, Tanzania – update
3rd March 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Walkabout Resources has reached an agreement with earthmoving and civils contractor TNR that will allow for the completion of the earthworks and civils portion of the Lindi Jumbo graphite mine. 


Walkabout secures civil deal in Tanzania
28th February 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

ASX-listed Walkabout Resources has reached an agreement with earthmoving and civils contractor TNR that would allow for the completion of the earthworks and civils portion of the Lindi Jumbo... 


Premier's Zulu lithium, tantalum project nears completion
22nd February 2023 By: Donna Slater

Diversified miner and developer Premier African Minerals CEO George Roach reports that the company's Zimbabwe-based Zulu lithium and tantalum project is on track to produce spodumene concentrate... 


DRDGold CEO Niël Pretorius
Strong gold price helps DRDGold mitigate lower production
15th February 2023 By: Darren Parker

South African gold producer DRDGold has reported a 6% revenue growth for the six months ended December 31, 2022, thanks to favourable gold prices. The company's revenue grew to about R2.65-billion,... 


Canyon Coal develops new mine in Mpumalanga
7th February 2023

Over R1.4 billion to be invested in Gugulethu Colliery which will employ 430 people. Canyon Coal, a subsidiary of private investment company Menar, is constructing a new coal mine in Hendrina,... 


Shipment of equipment from China resumes for Walkabout’s Tanzanian mine
6th February 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Walkabout Resources announces that the latest batch of equipment it has ordered has left China, bound for the Lindi Jumbo graphite mine, in Tanzania. Shipment of equipment for the... 


Condra completes 32 t yard crane for Mpumalanga refinery
16th December 2022 By: Natasha Odendaal

Crane manufacturer Condra Cranes has completed a 32 t, 30-metre-span container handling crane for Mbombela-based metals refinery Manganese Metal Company (MMC). MMC’s gantry was delivered on... 


Peel Hunt bullish on Tharisa’s heavy spend on Karo in full-year 2023
12th December 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

In a note on London-listed Tharisa, UK investment bank Peel Hunt says the key takeaway from Tharisa’s results was its $260-million Karo capital expenditure (capex) guidance for full-year 2023. “At... 


Pensana reports early works are progressing well at Saltend, Longonjo
28th November 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Rare earths developer Pensana reports that construction is progressing well at both its Saltend rare earths processing hub, in the UK, and its Longonjo rare earths mine, in Angola. The enabling... 


Image of integrated piping systems being delivered
Company to supply civils companies
18th November 2022 By: Cameron Mackay

Local steel products supplier Stewarts and Lloyds formed Stewarts and Lloyds Projects & Contracts – a new addition to the Stewarts and Lloyds Group – to support the local civil engineering industry... 


Image of mounds of rare earths
Saltend Chemicals Park rare-earth oxide separation facility, UK/Angola – update
4th November 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

Pensana has progressed to the construction phase at its Longonjo rare earths mining project, in Angola, and its Saltend processing hub, in the UK. 


Pensana pleased with move to construction at both Longonjo, Saltend
26th October 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Tim George, the CEO of London-listed Pensana says the company is delighted to have moved into the construction phase at both its Longonjo rare earths mining project, in Angola, and its Saltend... 


Sun International breaks ground on R295m expansion project at Sun City
21st October 2022 By: Natasha Odendaal

Sun International has broken ground on a R295-million expansion at its iconic Sun City resort, in the North West. Forming part of its Sun Vacation Club (SVC) – one of South Africa’s leading... 


Image of platinum mining truck
Karo Platinum project, Zimbabwe – update
21st October 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

The earthworks contractor has started clearing the site for earthworks terracing to begin in December 2022. 


Bernard Pryor and Phoevos Pouroulis.
Karo platinum project taking off in Zimbabwe with solar power tailwind
14th October 2022 By: Martin Creamer

A multi-phased development approach is being adopted at the Karo Platinum project in Zimbabwe, where a 17-year opencast mine is to be built with a timeline to deliver its first ore to mill in July... 


The Makhado pit
Makhado hard coking coal project, South Africa
30th September 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

MC Mining has launched a rights issue to raise A$40-million for the project. 


MC Mining to raise A$40m for Makhado
MC Mining to raise A$40m for Makhado
27th September 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Triple listed MC Mining has launched a 1.012-for-1 fully underwritten pro-rata renounceable rights issue to raise funds for its Makhado hard coking coal project, in South Africa. The ASX, Aim, and... 


1
2 3 4

Showroom

Weir
Weir

Weir is a global leader in mining technology. We recognise that our planet’s future depends on the transition to renewable energy, and that...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Multotec
Multotec

Multotec, recognised industry leaders in metallurgy and process engineering help mining houses across the world process minerals more efficiently,...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
M and J Mining
M and J Mining

M and J Mining are leading suppliers of physical support systems as used by the underground mining industry. Our selection of products are not...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Weir
Weir

Weir is a global leader in mining technology. We recognise that our planet’s future depends on the transition to renewable energy, and that...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

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







pqt: 0.352s - ct: 0.557s - 507pq - 3rq
Subscribe Now