Dineo Phoshoko | Jun 2, 2020
India has extensive coal reserves and uses them as the country’s most important source of energy, covering about half of its primary energy needs with coal. One of the country’s largest coal mines, the Bhubaneswari coal mine, is located near the...
Dineo Phoshoko | May 25, 2020
TOMRA Sorting Mining has developed virtual testing capabilities to help mining operations with operational continuity. This enables them to take informed purchasing decisions for their sorting plants. This is the latest action in the company’s plan...
Dineo Phoshoko | May 6, 2020
The rise in demand for chrome has been driven in great part by the China-dominated stainless-steel industry, which represents more than 75% of chromium consumption. South Africa is a dominant global supplier of chrome ore and ferrochrome, and the...
Dineo Phoshoko | Apr 22, 2020
Bobcat Equipment South Africa has appointed Siviwe Gushu as national rental manager with effect from mid-March. The appointment is an important part of Bobcat’s commitment to cater for the requirements of essential-service clients during the...
Dineo Phoshoko | Apr 20, 2020
Webber Wentzel’s legal experts, specialising in the mining industry, discussed the impact of COVID-19 on the mining industry in an insightful podcast. With the Covid-19 lockdown in full effect until the end of April, and the potential for yet...
Dineo Phoshoko | Apr 9, 2020
KSB Pumps and Valves, has far-reaching contingency plans in place to ensure that any of its mission-critical pumps and other pumping infrastructure across industries will be properly supported during the nationwide COVID-19 lock down. This done to...
Dineo Phoshoko | Apr 7, 2020
Mintek is producing over 600 litres of hand and surface sanitisers to use and distribute to staff. This following low supply of sanitisers because of an increase in demand. Sanitisers were produced in the controlled laboratory environment in the...
Dineo Phoshoko | Mar 25, 2020
By Nicolaas Steenkamp Health related travel restrictions have added to the challenges of monitoring remote mining operations, but satellite imagery offers the solutions. After Covid-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO),...
Dineo Phoshoko | Mar 11, 2020
BASF has successfully developed and tested an innovative Tri-Metal Catalyst technology that enables partial substitution of high-priced palladium with lower-priced platinum in light-duty gasoline vehicles without compromising emissions standards....
