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 | Jun 1, 2020
As Industry 4.0 becomes a global reality, mining processes are set to be digitised and automated and efficiencies will come from integrating processes, improving productivity and delivering operations that can allocate resources effectively,...
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 11, 2020
For a mine to decide on its optimal level of fragmentation is not always straightforward; once decided, however, achieving it requires reconciling blasts-as-designed against blasts-as-fired. According to BME’s global manager for blasting science,...
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 21, 2020
After a long and storied history in stereotyping, it seems that the mining industry is actively working to turn itself around, as a rise of influential female leaders can be seen. Case in point is Exxaro Resources, with the appointment of their...
Dineo Phoshoko | Apr 6, 2020
By John Lewis, MD at Aggreko Africa We all know the drill. Every year starts with experts from across the industry sharing their thoughts and predictions for the year ahead. 2020 has been no different and neither has the story with a consensus view...
Dineo Phoshoko | Mar 31, 2020
Surface mining association, ASPASA, is working tirelessly with stakeholders to find a solution to strict pedestrian detection system (PDS) legislation that will work for smaller surface mines. Its membership consists largely of smaller individual...
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),...
