Atlas Copco offers to simplify ordering
Atlas Copco Compressors has bundled some of its most popular air and nitrogen products into five packages to make ordering and financing easier. The new...
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Amplats ramps up stricken smelter, force majeure to be lifted
The repair of the stricken Anglo Converter Plant (ACP) Phase B unit has been safely and successfully completed ahead of schedule, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats)...
Big miners battle with limiting climate change – TPI
Only two of the world’s ten largest mining companies are aligned with limiting climate change to 2 °C below pre-industrial levels, new research by assessor The Transition...
Miners on ‘red alert’ for mental health
MINING companies are placing an increasing focus on mental health given the significant impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has disrupted the lives of billions...
Why Nigeria needs to manage electronic waste better
In most of Nigeria’s cities, there are visible piles of refuse that have built up on roads, river banks and swampy land. These waste dumps...
AECI provides water infrastructure for Hammanskraal communities
AECI has established a ‘filling station’ for the City of Tshwane to supply safe drinking water to the water-stressed Hammanskraal community amid the Covid-19 pandemic....
Copper market heading for surplus in 2020 – Antofagasta chief
The global copper market is headed for a surplus of between 200 000 t to 300 000 t in 2020, the head of miner Antofagasta...
Gold bars fight Covid-19 kits for space on the plane
Swiss refiner Valcambi tried for five straight days last month to move a shipment of gold out of Hong Kong. Twice the metal was packed carefully...
Push to liquidate Murray means coal mines will close, union says
Consol Energy’s effort to push rival coal company Murray Energy into liquidation is aimed at shuttering mines and reducing output in an oversupplied industry, according...
Continuous system increases survey productivity in blast holes
There are many variables that affect the drill and blast process but all blast holes are prone to deviation. High amounts of such deviation can cost...