Piling contractor Geopile – a subsidiary of South African exploration and geotechnical services provider GeoGroup – has saved its client about R2-million and more than a month’s worth of... 

Mining contractor WEGO Africa added another SANY SY500 excavator to its pre-existing fleet of four, in addition to acquiring two new SANY SY956 front-end loaders, at the end of last year. The new... 

A scoping study has confirmed excellent project economics for the project. 

Goscor Earthmoving (GEM) Kathu, a multi-franchise branch of Goscor Industrial & Construction Equipment, continues to enjoy success with SANY excavators and front-end loaders in the mining industry... 

Broken Hill Prospecting and Cobalt Blue Holdings have signed a binding heads of agreement that will enable Cobalt Blue to obtain full ownership of the Thackaringa project. 

A feasibility study on Iron Ridge has confirmed a high-grade and -quality project that provides strong returns over its six-and-a-half-year life-of-mine. 

During tough times in civil engineering – where lack of work is one of the most worrying issues – equipment supplier Civplant Civils and Civtek Limited’s team pulls together even closer to... 

Engineering solutions provider Babcock’s transparency, combined with its range of leading construction equipment and its successful collaborations with customers, struck a chord with Lomeza Mining... 

New contractors entering the industry with “lucrative contracts” present an opportunity for the exploration industry to grow, Goscor Earth Moving (GEM) sales executive Murray Leith tells Mining... 

Neometals has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese researcher to advance the development of the project. 

Mining services company Capital Drilling has entered into agreements to provide a full range of mining services at private gold mining and development company Allied Gold's Bonikro mine, in Côte... 

London-listed IMC Exploration has completed a mineral resource estimate for its Avoca historic mine site project, located in county Wicklow, Ireland. The total tonnage of dumps in Tigroney East,... 

ASX-listed Pensana Metals on Thursday reported that its COO Dave Hammond had mobilised two drill rigs and a large excavator for a bulk sample as part of a prefeasibility study and the later... 

From Anglo American’s Kumba Iron Ore Mine to the AMG Group’s manganese operations, Goscor Earth Moving (GEM) Kathu, a multi-franchise branch of Goscor Industrial & Construction Equipment, is making... 

SUEK-Khakassia is testing a robotised coal haulage unit based on the BelAZ-7513R mine dump truck. The technology is being deployed by VIST Group (part of Zyfra Group) – a leader in the... 

By Anton Potapov, CTO at VIST Group (ZYFRA Group) Human errors are costly for any industry, but in mining with its expensive equipment their price is enormous. Artificial Intelligence (AI) will not... 

Havilah Resources has completed a prefeasibility study on the project. 

Komatsu has announced a new range of Komatsu-branded hydraulic breakers matched to fit its own excavator range and designed to work with machines from less than one tonne to over 85 tonnes. The... 

Immersive Technologies has engaged in an unprecedented level of mining machine simulator development for a diverse range of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) over the past year. This is set to... 

The first Hitachi 20 t EX1200-7 excavator – one of Hitachi’s newest models in the EX-7 Series – arrived in South Africa at the end of May, construction and earthmoving machinery manufacturer... 

Emerging gold-mining company Blyvoor Gold, which is targeting a resumption of mining at the old Blyvooruitzicht gold mine in the last quarter of this year, is winning overwhelming support from the... 

AZIZE Equipment (Pty) Ltd. makes its mark on African soil having secured the sole rights to supply, service and support the full line of world-class quality Sunward drill rigs and excavators to... 

The resurfacing of illegal mining in the Carletonville area on the West Rand has prompted a gold-mining company to write an urgent open letter to Gauteng's provincial commissioner of police,... 

Coal miner Stanmore Coal on Wednesday announced that it would defer the development of its Isaac Plains underground project, in Queensland. The miner told shareholders that while a bankable... 

A revised definitive feasibility study has confirmed primary production of vanadium pentoxide and ferrovanadium from vanadium-rich Central B at the Barrambie project to be technically feasible and... 

Gold mining is to resume at the old Blyvooruitzicht gold mine in the last quarter of this year, Blyvoor Gold executive chairperson Peter Skeat has told Mining Weekly Online. “We’ve worked very hard... 

ASX-listed Jupiter Mines on Thursday announced in its report for the quarter ended May 31 that it would pay a special dividend of R1.15-billion to its shareholders at the end of June. This will be... 

The change in lubricants on brick manufacturer KuluCrete’s excavator at its Port Shepstone quarry, in KwaZulu-Natal, has resulted in significant cost savings and a notable decrease in lubrication... 

Atlas Iron has submitted a project proposal to the state’s Environmental Protection Authority. 

The influence of changes in human society and activity has always been the underlying motivation behind major trends in the development of everyday objects, and the trends and changes we’ve... 

Aim-listed tin, gold and tungsten miner W Resources has appointed General de Maquinaria y Excavación (GME) its mining contractor for the La Parilla tungsten project, in Spain. The La Parrilla... 

Cobalt Blue has signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation to test its sulphur by-product at the project. 

Van’s Auctioneers will host a number of auctions during next week and before the June school holidays. Buyers should be on the lookout for these quality assets that will come under the hammer! On... 

Working in the mining industry requires the use of different types of machinery. These machines help achieve different mining tasks with precision and efficiency. If you’re new to mining, it’s... 

A strategic assessment of the Ardmore phosphate rock project has been completed. 

The Tanzanian government has given its in-principle approval for Kibaran Resources’ debt financing arrangements for its Epanko graphite project. 

A definitive feasibility study has confirmed the project as one of the largest and most advanced undeveloped mineral sands projects in the world. 

The proportion of global mining equipment being deployed in Russia is on the rise, 22% in 2018, compared to 9% in 2012, with regional growth of 13% over the past six years. As a result, the... 

A large excavator is seen operating in Germany’s Garzweiler opencast mining area, in front of the lignite-fired Frimmersdorf and Neurath power stations, owned by Rheinisch-Westfälisches... 

Japanese yellow metal equipment manufacturer Komatsu and its subsidiary, mining equipment solutions provider MineWare, launched the first factory-fitted payload management system – the Argus PLM –... 

Diversified gold producer Nordgold has completed a significant investment programme at its Guinea-based Lefa mine. Capital expenditure in 2018, which was designed to both improve efficiencies at... 

London-listed Acacia Mining, which has various operations in Tanzania, has posted an adjusted net loss of $7-million for the quarter ended March 31, compared with adjusted net earnings of...