Dineo Phoshoko | Aug 26, 2020
Betterect collaborated with FLSmidth on a thickener project which entailed the fabrication of several large diameter dewatering tanks also known as thickeners. Mining News attended an event to view one of the thickeners at Betterect’s fabrication...
Dineo Phoshoko | Jul 29, 2020
The mining industry often collaborates with other industries, particularly the sciences, which play a critical role in research and development and improve various areas of the industry. Inside Mining speaks to two female scientists who...
Dineo Phoshoko | Jul 24, 2020
Master Drilling has successfully completed the pilot hole for raise-boring at Northam Platinum’s Zondereinde mine. Drilling of the pilot hole at number 3 shaft, a new vertical shaft at the Western extension section of Zondereinde, commenced on 25...
Dineo Phoshoko | Jul 23, 2020
Before COVID-19 disrupted the traditional ways of working, buzzwords such as ‘digitisation’, digital transformation’ and ‘fourth industrial revolution’ were taking centre stage, predicting profound changes to the way we work and live, and the role...
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...
