Drilling products provider receives exploration award for diamond coring bits
Integrated drilling products and services provider Boart Longyear was voted the winner of the 2012 Mining Magazine Exploration Award for its Ultramatrix (UMX) diamond coring bits.
View ArticleDiversified miner steps up Mine of the Future programme
Diversified giant Rio Tinto reports that it would further its Mine of the Future programme by developing and testing new technologies in underground tunnelling and mineral recovery.
View Article$12m budget allocated for Haile drill programme
Gold development company Romarco Minerals’ $12-million 2012 drill campaign at its Haile gold mine, based on the positive results from the 2011 exploration programme, will predominantly focus on...
View ArticleMedium-sized multipurpose drill rig launched
Integrated exploration drilling products and services provider Boart Longyear’s mid-size multipurpose LX11 rig has been received positively in the market since its launch in January this year, with...
View ArticleMechanised, trackless development improves safety, production rates
Mining equipment and service provider Sandvik Mining’s Trans4mine division, which focuses specifically on increasing Sandvik client’s mining efficiencies using a facilitative approach, reports that it...
View ArticleExploration drilling training provider launches safety forum
Exploration drilling training provider Colin Rice Exploration & Training reports that it launched a Safety Forum last month to help prevent accidents and incidents from taking place in the...
View ArticleCompany takes receipt of groundbreaking equipment
Geotechnical and exploration drilling company Geomechanics, part of Lanseria-based GeoGroup, has taken receipt of two new drill rigs this year – the DeltaBase 525 DB and Sonic SDC 450-24. The rigs have...
View ArticleBlasthole drilling rig to begin production this month
Mining services company Atlas Copco reports that the last Pit Viper 351 blasthole drilling rig for diversified miner Anglo American subsidiary Kumba Iron Ore’s (Kumba’s) drill rig order will be...
View ArticleNew drilling software ready for implementation
Technology group Sandvik Mining’s new tunneling project management and information analysis software, Intelligent Sandvik Underground Rock Excavation (iSure), which helps to optimise drilling and...
View ArticleIndustry requires formal skills recognition
Sixty-two mining industry stakeholders, including mining company representatives, drilling contractors and equipment suppliers last month attended the first South African Exploration Drilling Forum,...
View ArticleCompany launches new track drill
Machinery and engine manufacturer Caterpillar (Cat) has launched its new MD5150C track drill, the first of the C-Series drills, which features more Cat components and a choice of three different rock...
View ArticleCompact drill design proves popular
South African equipment supplier Mine Support Products’ (MSP) drill rig, the Terra, is being used by gold mining major AngloGold Ashanti and Sibanye Gold. The drill rig’s enhanced ergonomic design...
View Article2 000-m-deep shaft project well under way, says drilling company
The initial phase of shaft sinking and drilling company Redpath Mining South Africa’s infrastructure development at Zambia-based copper and cobalt producer Mopani Copper Mines’ (MCM’s) Mindola deep...
View ArticleMining contractor awarded multiple shaft sinking projects
Engineering contractors Murray & Roberts Cementation has been awarded a number of new shaft sinking projects in Southern Africa, as well as in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
View ArticleMining company begins drilling in the Republic of Congo
International iron ore company Sundance Resources has begun drilling at the Nabeba deposit in the Republic of Congo, a key exploration target for the company’s Mbalam iron-ore project in 2010.
View ArticleDrilling company launches new surface-set drill bits
Integrated drilling services and product provider Boart Longyear has released a groundbreaking new line of surface-set bits, including 11 configurations designed to yield deeper penetration and reduce...
View ArticleDrilling begins on versatile time-domain electromagnetic targets
Drilling of versatile time domain electro-magnetic (VTEM) targets in both the Falun and Bersbo project areas has commenced reports international mining company Golden Rim Resources.
View ArticleDrill rig modification challenges industry norms
Earthmoving equipment distributor High Power Equipment Africa’s (HPE Africa’s) involvement in the modification of a Hyundai drill rig excavator for drilling specialist company De Wet & Seun...
View ArticleAward nomination for international manufacturer
A new development from international construction and machinery manufacturing concern the Bauer Group, has been nominated for the machinery trade show Bauma Innovation Award 2010 in the machine...
View ArticleNew shafts to produce 500 000 oz/y of platinum
The three new deep-level shafts, Nos 16, 17 and 20, under construction at platinum major Impala Platinum’s (Implats’) Rustenberg operations will together produce 500 000 oz/y of platinum.
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