Diamond mining company De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) is spending more on exploration as it searches for a new diamond mine to augment its two existing South African diamond mines – Venetia, in... 

The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) is offering the opportunity for mining industry stakeholders to participate in three, four-hour “high-impact forums” with top... 

Permanent sinking work has started on Shaft 1 at the Platreef platinum-group metals/nickel/copper/gold mine in South Africa, proponent Ivanhoe Mines reported Thursday. The 7.25-m-wide Shaft 1, was... 

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines expects to finalise the prefeasibility study (PFS) for its Kamoa copper project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in early 2016, aligning with the project’s first... 

Construction of the Venetia underground mine is 18% completed. 

A platinum mine, situated near the town of Carletonville, about 65 km west of Johannesburg, in Gauteng. 

The Shondoni mine is currently about 63% complete. 

Wesizwe Platinum has reported that is has intersected the secondary upper group two reef at the main shaft of its Bakubung mine. 

The project is scheduled for completion in the second half of 2015. 

Wesizwe reached another milestone at its flagship Bakubung platinum mine project in December 2014. 

The Murray & Roberts Underground Mining platform not only has growth in its order book, but with 22 active shaft projects underway globally, is the single most active shaft sinking group in the... 

Work on the shaft sinking operations on the main and ventilation shafts at the Bakubung platinum mine site, in Rustenburg, was suspended after Wesizwe on Monday reported its first fatality. A... 

Wesizwe has made good progress on the development of its main shaft. 

Triple-listed Atlatsa Resources said on Thursday that its Bokoni mine, in the North West, continues to demonstrate a “positive trend” in operating performance, despite its production being... 

Many factors affect the implementation of ventilation and cooling in the mining industry, which makes accurate planning difficult, says technology and industrial company Johnson Controls operations... 

The planned replacement of a primary discharge end at JSE-listed Royal Bafokeng Platinum’s (RBPlat’s) Bafokeng Rasimone platinum mine’s (BRPM’s) concentrator directly impacted on the company’s... 

Mining, energy and infrastructure yield big opportunities for growth In November this year, South African construction and engineering company Murray & Roberts will add Mozambique to the list of... 

LSE- and Nasdaq-listed Randgold Resources on Thursday said the new Kibali gold mine, which started production last month, could be the catalyst for substantial long-term value creation in the... 

The project involves the sinking of a bulk-sample shaft to access the underground Flatreef discovery at Ivanhoe Mine’s Platreef project, in Limpopo. 

TSX- and NYSE-listed Rubicon Minerals on Monday said it expected first production from its Phoenix gold project, in Canada, in the second half of 2014, but warned that, owing to possible new...