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1 month ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Donna Slater |Sheila Barradas |Darren Parker |Schalk Burger
A 12-m-diameter gold concentrate thickener for an East Africa-focused gold producer, developer and explorer is currently undergoing a capacity- expansion upgrade by the plant’s original-equipment manufacturer (OEM) DELKOR, to double its output volumes following a request by the client to upscale their ore processing dimension of operations. DELKOR, a part of mining equipment OEM TAKRAF Group, commissioned the thickener and flocculant plant for the Tanzanian gold miner over the past two years.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Donna Slater |Sheila Barradas |Terence Creamer |Martin Creamer
As a testament to Namibia being a Tier 1 mining jurisdiction, specialty minerals miner SQM has partnered with critical raw materials producer Andrada Mining, contributing a $20-million investment to expand the development of the Namibia-based Lithium Ridge project, where exploration drilling in 2023 confirmed 6 km worth of lithium mineralisation at surface continuing at depth.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
miningweekly.com | Donna Slater |Sheila Barradas |Simone Liedtke |Martin Creamer
As a testament to Namibia being a Tier 1 mining jurisdiction, specialty minerals miner SQM has partnered with critical raw materials producer Andrada Mining, contributing a $20-million investment to expand the development of the Namibia-based Lithium Ridge project, where exploration drilling in 2023 confirmed 6 km worth of lithium mineralisation at surface continuing at depth.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
miningweekly.com | Donna Slater |Sheila Barradas |Martin Creamer
The only refined copper processing plant in Namibia – Tschudi – has been restarted and is currently producing London Metals Exchange (LME) Grade-A copper cathode in Namibia for the first time in four years. Constructed in 2015, Tschudi is host to Namibia’s only LME-grade refined copper processing facility, having produced over 80 000 t of LME Grade-A copper cathode up until 2020, when it was placed on care and maintenance.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
miningweekly.com | Donna Slater |Sheila Barradas |Martin Creamer
Unveiled in mid-September, equipment maker Caterpillar’s (Cat’s) new energy management system – Dynamic Energy Transfer (DET) – offers the ability to transfer electrical energy to both diesel-electric and battery-electric large mining trucks while they are working around a mine site, giving operators the ability to further the rollout of electric drive systems as mines modernise and look to electric drive mobility.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Donna Slater |Sheila Barradas |Irma Venter
West Africa-focused explorer and developer Thor Explorations has expanded its operations into Côte d’Ivoire following the signing of a binding sale and purchase agreement with West Africa-focused gold miner Endeavour Mining to acquire a 100% interest in the Guitry Gold exploration project for $100 000 in cash at completion and a 2% net smelter royalty.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
miningweekly.com | Donna Slater |Sheila Barradas |Martin Creamer |Natasha Odendaal
High-grade gold mineralisation from recent resource definition diamond drilling has been reported by unhedged gold mining company West African Resources within the M1 South (M1S) Deeps resource, which forms part of the miner’s Sanbrado Gold operations, in Burkina Faso. The drilling confirms geometry and continuity of high-grade mineralisation at M1S underground, with the most notable results being gold mineralisation over 45 m at 7.3 g/t, 16 m at 8.3 g/t, 23 m at 5.5 g/t and 20.5 m at 5.5 g/t.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
miningweekly.com | Donna Slater |Sheila Barradas |Martin Creamer
West Africa-focused explorer and developer Thor Explorations has expanded its operations into Côte d’Ivoire following the signing of a binding sale and purchase agreement with West Africa-focused gold miner Endeavour Mining to acquire a 100% interest in the Guitry Gold exploration project for $100 000 in cash at completion and a 2% net smelter royalty.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
miningweekly.com | Sheila Barradas |Martin Creamer |Terence Creamer |Donna Slater
The ability to identity a customer’s bottom line requirements, and to provide a fit-for-purpose project package, is what valves company Floval Control Valves focuses on. Since its foundation, the company has mainly concentrated on tendering for and executing project orders for control valves, achieving a “good degree of success” in this field owing to the inherent technical and sales expertise of its staff.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
miningweekly.com | Sheila Barradas |Martin Creamer |Terence Creamer |Donna Slater
The Nord-Lock bolting solutions, available from industrial equipment supplier BMG, include Boltight hydraulic bolt tensioning tools, which have been developed for use in all industries where critical bolting requires accurate and reliable tightening. Boltight hydraulic bolt tensioning equipment – which can be used to tighten bolts simultaneously, ensuring even preload in industrial applications and extreme environments – is particularly useful for bolts on valves, pipes, pumps and engines.
