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How Energy Management Standards Can Impact Load Shedding

Energy management standards provide guidelines, requirements and calculations for understanding the energy baseline.

Mitigating CO² Emissions While Enabling The JET 

The Council for Geoscience suggests that Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage is a scientific intervention that can reduce emissions, while assisting the Just Energy Transition. 

Mining Ecosystem Embraces Growing Complexity 

The formation of closer industry partnerships is helping the mining sector to address new, urgent priorities, like ESG, climate change and skills shortages. 

AECI’s CEO Shares Fresh Strategy At 100-Year Milestone 

With a 100-year track record in South Africa, AECI already has a strong vision of where it aims to go in the next century of its existence, expanding its international footprint further, while transforming digitally, and driving important net zero goals.

Blasting And The Power Of Positive Disruption

Positive disruption in the mining sector has led to the development of new techniques and technologies in the blasting and explosives arena.

Bell Equipment Appoints Ashley Bell As New CEO

Building on an ongoing family legacy, a third generation of the Bell family has taken on the role of CEO at Bell Equipment.

No Compromise On Safety

Mining is an industry that is inherently risky, which is why it is critical to put in place measures to protect workers against common threats, such as rockfalls.

How Is Harmony Transforming Mining To Improve Safety?

In the mining sector, safety has always been crucial, but recent efforts to improve it – led by Harmony, and in line with ‘zero harm’ principles – have achieved significant milestones. By Stuart Sepetla, Executive for Safety, Harmony Gold.

Can Phosphate Mining Be Done Sustainably?

Sustainability is key to mining, and phosphate production comes with its fair share of challenges. We look at the efforts such producers are making to remain sustainable. By Rodney Weidemann.

The Importance Of Compliance Monitoring

Envass water and air compliance monitoring serves as the front lines in our efforts to preserve the environment and ensure public wellbeing.

Embracing The Generative AI Era For Mining

The potential offered by new technologies like AI is such that the effective use of these solutions can positively impact all areas of the mine, according to Accenture.

Crafting A Reputation For Excellence

JA Engineering meets the varied demands of underground and opencast mines through the local design and manufacture of OEM mining equipment and after-market parts.

Q&A With Outgoing Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter

One of the industry’s most well-known faces and voices, Roger Baxter leaves his role as CEO of the Minerals Council SA after 30 years with the organisation. We asked him to outline both the challenges and positives of his time in charge.

Q&A With Fred Arendse, Founding President Of The Junior Mining Council

Introduced to the industry at the recent Junior Mining Indaba, the soon-to-be launched Junior Mining Council’s founding president outlines the role of the organisation.

Boosting The Downstream With Better Blasting

More sustainable and efficient blasts ensure better fragmentation, so that less energy is consumed in downstream stages like loading, hauling, crushing and milling. By Rodney Weidemann.

How Junior Miners Can Benefit From ‘Green’ Metals

As global demand for renewable energy solutions rises, the metals that go into such offerings increase in importance and open opportunities for juniors in SA to exploit. By Rodney Weidemann.

New Facility Streamlines Invincible Valves’ Operations

Streamlined operations and a diverse portfolio of valves is now enabling the company to cater to a broader customer base, while also more easily adapting to shifting market dynamics. By Rodney Weidemann.

Why More Women Should Choose Mining

Long perceived as male-dominated, the mining sector is slowly changing its gender attitudes. But convincing more women to join the industry remains difficult. By Rodney Weidemann.

BME Increases Global Footprint With Indonesian JV

Local blasting and explosives solutions specialist BME continues to expand its operations globally, thanks to the recent signing of a joint venture (JV) with a leading Indonesian player.

Shaft-Sinking Successes Underpin UMS’s Strong Growth

UMS Group, which was an ambitious start-up just a few years ago, has emerged as one of the leading companies providing design, engineering, procurement and construction services to the mining industry, not just in Africa, but globally.