Construction of the Venetia underground mine is 18% completed. 

Among the many challenges facing the South African mining industry, such as strikes, skills retention and load-shedding, the challenge of employing and managing contractors seems to be significant,... 

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. 

With the long-term fundamentals for platinum-group metals (PGMs) remaining strong, platinum-mining major Impala Platinum plans to invest R30-billion across its operations in the next five years,... 

The Murray & Roberts Cementation Training Academy at Bentley Park has adapted its conventional shaft sinking infrastructure to accommodate the latest shaft sinking methodology introduced to the... 

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

The Zambia Chamber of Mines (CoM) reviewed the 2015 national budget in October and its position is that the new mining tax regime is entirely unsustainable, as it will have a negative effect on the... 

With 22 active shaft projects under way globally, construction and engineering group Murray & Roberts’ underground mining platform is ranked the most active shaft sinking group in the world,... 

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... 

Randgold Resources has reported that the Kibali gold mine is approaching operational steadiness as it continues to ramp up mining and production. 

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. 

The labour force at black-owned and black-controlled Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat), which was a model of stability during the wave of worker unrest that swept through Rustenburg’s troubled... 

Black-controlled platinum mining company Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat), which managed to maintain operational stability in a sector wracked by violent strikes, on Tuesday reported increased... 

While midtier platinum group metals producer Royal Bafokeng Platinum’s (RBPlat’s) interim results for the six months ended June 30, 2014 will be released only on August 5, 2014, engineering and... 

Against a backdrop of waning investor appetite in the South African mining industry, Murray & Roberts Cementation has set its sights on realising the potential for growth it has identified in the... 

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... 

Shaft sinking and underground construction group Shaft Sinkers on Wednesday said it had secured £11.4-million worth of additional work at platinum miner Lonmin’s Karee operations, in Rustenburg.... 

Wesizwe plans to table the results of an optimisation study for board approval, which could enable its Bakubung mine to ramp up to full production two years earlier than scheduled. 

The synclinorium shaft has reached a depth of 1 000 m. 

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. 

JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum’s new COO Paul Smith has said that he has confidence in the viability of the company’s flagship Bakubung platinum project. 

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...