Mining Review Africa - Miningreview.com
Nov 7, 2024 · Nigeria’s Minister of Solid Minerals Development “looking forward to welcoming” Nigeria Mining Week delegates. 07 November 2024. ESG frameworks within the African oil and gas sector benefit operators and communities if seen as a strategic tool. Concor’s landmark Kendal ADF project wins Best projects awards.
Evander mine solar plant: Pioneering sustainability in mining
Mar 27, 2024 · Since December 2022 the solar plant, equipped with high-efficiency panels and advanced trackers, has optimised energy output, and has produced 24 000 MWh yearly – 15% of the mine’s needs – and has saved more than US$1.9 million annually at current Eskom tariffs. Comprising 26 640 solar modules over 20.1 hectares, it reduces CO2 emissions ...
Sibanye-Stillwater announces renewable energy projects in SA
07 December 2023. Sibanye-Stillwater, a leading global mining group, announces the start of two utility-scale renewable energy projects in South Africa, marking a significant step in its decarbonisation journey. Sibanye-Stillwater, multinational mining and metals processing group, is pleased to announce the financial closure and commencement of ...
EXPLORATION: Shanta Gold’s West Kenya Project
Jan 29, 2024 · Exploration Runner-up: Shanta Gold. Shanta Gold has taken the project much further up the value curve, drilling over 60 km in 2021 and 2022 at a cost of US$10.5 million. Shanta Gold’s West Kenya project – which hosts a 1.76 Moz gold resource grading 5.55 g/t – clearly has the potential to be developed into a substantial gold mine able to ...
Ivanplats’ Platreef project: A tier one mine in the making
May 12, 2022 · A tier one asset now fully in the making. The Platreef project comprises a massive 26 m-thick flat lying ore body that will be operated using mechanised mining methodologies. It is easily accessible, and according to Ivanplats’ original plans, has the capacity to be a 12 Mtpa PGM operation – and remain in operation for many decades to come ...
Marula’s Blesberg mine set to deliver first 1,000 tonnes of lithium
27 January 2023. Marula Mining an African focused mining and development company has released an update on mineral processing activities at the Blesberg Lithium and Tantalum Mine in South Africa where initial deliveries of 1,000 tonnes of high-grade ‘run-of-mine” lithium ore are due to commence. Processing operations at the Blesberg Project ...
Top 10: Established mines in Africa - Miningreview.com
Nov 30, 2023 · Kusasalethu is a mature, deep-level mine, 90km west of Johannesburg, near the Gauteng. (Harmony) Kusasalethu Gold Mine, situated in South Africa’s West Wits region, is one of the world’s deepest mines, located 90km west of Johannesburg near the Gauteng North-West provincial border.. The mines use twin vertical and sub-vertical shaft systems, conventional mining methods, and conventional ...
Mines Rescue Services: unsung heroes of emergency rescue
26 September 2018. In a country which hosts the majority of the world’s deepest underground mines hundreds of elite Mines Rescue Services team members risk their lives to react to emergency situations. Despite a regression in the number of annual fatalities in South Africa’s mines between 1993 and 2016, 2017 was the first year in over a ...
Mining in South Africa: A journey of promise and persistence
May 8, 2024 · Mining in South Africa | Since the dawn of democracy, South Africa’s mining sector has been marked by promise, perseverance, and profound transformation. As apartheid’s shackles broke in 1994, so did the industry’s long-standing discrimination and exploitation. In its place arose the concepts of inclusivity, sustainability, and shared prosperity, which are still shaping the sector today.
A brief history of women in mining from a legal perspective
Aug 5, 2021 · In 1842 the British Mines and Collieries Act was enacted, and it barred women (and children) from working underground, out of “genuine” concern for their safety and in fact made it a crime to even allow women and children to work there. No doubt, mining was dangerous and women (and children) were known to be taken advantage of, that is ...