The Covid-19 pandemic is serving to highlight the vital role that platinum group metals (PGMs) play in the health sector. Platinum, with which South Africa is more endowed than any other country on... 

Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies' (TIPS's) 'Tracker: The economy and the pandemic' highlights important trends in the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa and how they affect the economy. Trends... 

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe on Friday urged mines to test for Covid-19 to the full extent without fearing mine closure. The Minister was responding to a media question on... 

The South African mining industry is, generally, well prepared to deal with the return to work of a large percentage of staff as lockdown Alert Levels move from Level 4 to Level 3 on June 1,... 

The Prieska copper-zinc mine being developed so spectacularly by Orion Minerals in the Northern Cape has environmental, social and governance principles integrally built into it, Mining Weekly can... 

Metso is introducing two new game-changing solutions for the crushing and screening plants in mining: the flexible FITTM stations and the smart ForesightTM stations. The two unique, cost efficient... 

Subject to strict Covid-19 protocols, mining will be allowed to reopen fully from June 1, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday. In his address on South Africa’s response to the coronavirus... 

Gold mining company Harmony Gold is targeting the establishment of coronavirus testing facilities at its own premises to speed up the current two-day turnaround time. “As an industry, we’ve put... 

The London Metal Exchange's open outcry trading floor may remain closed for many more months as it cannot be reopened under COVID-19 social distancing restrictions, the head of the exchange said.... 

Covid-19 prevention, mitigation and management programmes must be established at mines using the guideline gazetted by Chief Inspector of Mines David Msiza on Tuesday. The gazette notice states... 

Customised screening and feeding solutions are developed by Kwatani’s in-house team of experienced mechanical engineers and metallurgists. The result is a design that delivers the optimal... 

Under today’s demanding economic conditions, many mines could improve the impact of their maintenance expenditure by being more vigilant and regularly recording wear data on transfer points. This... 

Keeping a closer eye on performance of assets like transfer chutes – and carefully monitoring wear – can save not only the cost of unplanned downtime, but also the cost of potential... 

Metso is introducing the new Nordberg® HP900 Series cone crusher for the aggregate and mining markets. With more than 10,000 HP cone crushers installed worldwide since 1989, Metso is an undisputed... 

Johannesburg-based consulting company Practara provides independent advisory services to junior, mid-tier and major companies in the minerals sector. It provides clients with practical yet... 

Global mining technology and workforce optimisation firm Immersive Technologies successfully launched its Operator Performance Analytics service at the end of last year, says Immersive Technologies... 

Gold mining company Harmony Gold is targeting the establishment of coronavirus testing facilities at its own premises to speed up the current two-day turnaround time. “As an industry, we’ve put... 

The legal certainty provided by the Labour Court in a virtual sitting on Covid-9 on Workers’ Day has been welcomed. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), Parliamentary Mineral... 

Water treatment solutions provider Allmech assures clients that although South Africa is still reeling from the Covid-19 lockdown, implemented last month, the company will continue to supply its... 

Most of Anglo American’s mining sites around the world are continuing to operate, with appropriate health, hygiene and distancing measures. The diversified mining company said on Thursday that it... 

Combining decades of experience with its leading R&D and manufacturing capability, Multotec has developed a high-impact screen panel that cuts plant downtime and boosts mine productivity. The... 

The arrest of the chief executive of Implats' Implala Platinum Rustenburg mining operations was on Friday welcomed by the Mineral Resources and Energy Parliamentary chairperson Sahlulele Luzipo,... 

All the executives of South Africa’s biggest platinum mining company are contributing a third of their pay to the fight against Covid-19; The Minerals Council has given full support the... 

Considering that manganese, a base metal, is an abrasive material and demanding on equipment, industrial and mining vibrating screens manufacturer Kwatani CEO Kim Schoepflin highlights the... 

The Minerals Council South Africa on Thursday welcomed the amendments to the Disaster Management Act regulations as they pertain to mining. These regulations allow a phase-up in mining capacity to... 

New Gold has begun a systematic ramp-up of operations at the Rainy River mine. 

Comment on when mining industry operations will resume is premature but what is certain is that when resumption does occur, it will not be business as usual, Minerals Council South Africa said on... 

A partnership between renewable energy company Africa Clean Energy Solutions (Aces) and mining, civil and roadworks company 3C Tech Mining has led to the development of a turnkey prefabricated... 

The Minerals Council South Africa notes articles in the media regarding the resumption of mining operations after 16 April. The Minerals Council notes the following: The Minerals Council and its... 

Kwatani’s objective to position itself as an expert and advisor for screening applications has seen it execute a project that successfully delivered optimised throughput performance for one of the... 

The new MB-HDS shafts screener is versatile, enabling you to process a wide range of different materials directly on site without additional costs. 

The coal sector faces immense cost pressures, which are influenced and  exacerbated by uncontrollable macroeconomic factors, notes vibrating equipment solutions provider Kwatani CEO Kim Schoepflin.... 

Research agency Fitch Solutions has revised downwards some of its mineral production forecasts for this year, in light of increasing operational disruptions while Covid-19 continues to spread... 

Leveraging decades of industry experience and its in-house design expertise, MBE Minerals has been strengthening its footprint of vibrating screens across a range of commodities. 15 new screens... 

Monitoring solutions provider MineWare this month announced the launch of its Argus wheel loader monitoring system in Australia and the US, with a global roll-out to follow this year to meet... 

Kwatani is supplying four heavy duty vibrating screens and 10 feeders, all engineered for tonnage, to help boost throughput at a Northern Cape manganese mine.   As a vital aspect of a plant... 

Changes in materials and construction methods in the built environment have led to an increase in problematic subfloors, which lead to poor end-results, says flooring distributor Polyflor SA CEO... 

It has come to our attention that due to changes in the way that Apple manages its iOS push notifications, our readers who use the Engineering News, Mining Weekly and Polity Apple Apps will have to... 

“What you’re seeing over here is one of the first wind turbines that we put up in Australia, a mine where we’re going to have average renewable input into our energy usage of about 57%,” was the... 

With its extensive range of Enduron® vibrating screens proven in the field, Weir Minerals Africa is now locally designing and manufacturing new-generation linear motion vibrating screens. South... 

Drive engineering and automation company SEW-Eurodrive has supplied its highly configurable HandlingKinematics to a local original-equipment manufacturer (OEM) of concrete brick, block and paving... 

Subsequent to the successful installation of an automated control solution at a confectionary manufacturer, in KwaZulu-Natal, engineering solutions provider Hybrid Automation has seen an uptick in...