Industrial equipment supplier SkyJacks supplied an aerial GEDA working platform to a major platinum mine in South Africa earlier this year while also delivering a similar materials handling... 

Mine conveyor idler and components manufacturer PROK South Africa has started operations at its new conveyor idler manufacturing facility in Roodepoort, Gauteng. The facility started operations in... 

South Africa's transition from non-electronic to electronic initiation has accelerated at large openpit mines, but adoption across midtier mines and quarries has lagged, says mine explosives... 

The energy efficiency of the blasting process can be improved by using Varistem stemming plugs from Midrand-based mining consumables supplier ERG Industrial. For mining operations and blasting... 

To address demanding applications for shaft-hub clamping sets, including those found in driven and deflecting drums of conveyor systems that are used to move coarse and abrasive bulk materials in... 

As mining operations increasingly electrify fixed and mobile equipment, the role of diesel engines is shifting from driving machinery directly to providing reliable and dispatchable electricity,... 

Appropriate tribology is fundamental to improving the reliability and efficiency of conveyor systems in South African mining operations, says lubrication technology experts Lubrication Engineers... 

Multotec Zambia, a division of international minerals processing specialist the Multotec Group, formally opened its new manufacturing and sales premises in Chingola, Zambia, last month, after three... 

In mid-2026, copper major First Quantum Minerals’ (FQM’s) proprietary trolley-assist solution – Quantum Electra-Haul – secured both a patent and trademark from the UK Intellectual Property Office... 

By bringing the mechanical, electrical, lubrication and condition-monitoring elements of the drive system of a mining materials handling system together, industrial equipment supplier BMG is... 

Oscillating System Technology-Africa (OST-Africa) has expanded its conveyor belt cleaning solutions with the introduction of a new economical ECO belt scraper range that includes economical primary... 

The board of directors of multilateral development finance institution the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved a $255-million loan from the African Development Fund (ADF) and a... 

Compared with aggregate haulage, on-site mobile crushing and screening operations can significantly reduce associated project emissions, says mobile crushing and screening service provider... 

Mineral processing equipment specialist Metso has launched a breakthrough innovation in coarse particle flotation, Sampo Cell, that enhances recovery of coarse particles without compromising fine... 

Industrial machinery and engineering company Metso has signed an agreement with the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) covering the engineering and delivery of process technology for GTK Mintec’s... 

Consultancy Frost & Sullivan has named LGMG the world's leading seller of off-highway mechanical drive wide-body dump trucks for a tenth consecutive year. Frost & Sullivan finds in a 2026... 

Minerals Council South Africa has responded exceedingly positively to the launch by President Cyril Ramaphosa of the third phase of South Africa’s Government-Business Partnership for Growth and... 

The next frontier for the platinum group metals (PGMs) industry is beneficiation “in its broadest sense”, whereby advanced materials, catalyst technologies, precious metal chemicals, hydrogen... 

As mines pursue higher productivity and safer operations, the mining industry is moving towards continuous, AI-driven monitoring that will allow for early fault detection and predictive... 

Despite South African mining ending up tenth in a ten-country global benchmarking exercise, two-thirds of the respondents who participated in a survey appear to be more intent on just doing the... 

The results of a study on the modernisation of South African mining indicate that there is considerable room to increase innovation participation and intensity across the firms surveyed. The... 

Instead of relying primarily on traditional geological interpretation, South Africa can turn to AI for help in the same way as has been done with huge success to discover Zambia’s biggest copper... 

The future of modernisation in South African mining will not be forged by individual companies or institutions working in isolation but collectively by industry leaders, researchers, government... 

The troubled Optimum Colliery, having emerged from a business rescue process in February 2024, is being rapidly revived with a multibillion-rand investment from Liberty Coal to ramp up mining,... 

Particularly useful for bolts on valves, pipes, pumps and engines, the Boltight hydraulic bolt tensioning equipment – included in industrial equipment supplier BMG’s Nord-Lock bolting solutions... 

Kempton Park-based freight forwarding service provider Manta Freight Logistics is responsible for the shipping and delivery of a new trailer-mounted pump solution, developed by Gauteng-based... 

Following its January announcement that it would strengthen its long-established intermodal capabilities, global container shipping company Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) announced in May... 

To integrate automation into its hydraulic and pneumatic solutions, industrial equipment manufacturer Parker Hannifin combines motion control, sensing, electronic controls and connected diagnostics... 

The increased interest in mining, to fulfil global minerals demand, has initiated the establishment of crucial logistics corridors as well as achieved a boost in investment in power projects in...