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Two men operating a ShapeArray automated inclinometer on sight wearing PPE
Inclinometer meets monitoring demands
23rd October 2026 By: Halima Frost

Catering to increased demand for accurate geotechnical monitoring instruments suited to numerous mining and construction applications, civil and mining geotechnical service provider GeoGroup and... 


A the newly developed iC7-Automation variable-speed drive
VSD range launched at Electra
23rd October 2026 By: Halima Frost

Electra Mining Africa 2026 exhibition, held last month, was used as a platform to launch the newly developed iC7-Automation variable-speed drive (VSD) enclosed range by global engineering company... 


African growth spotlighted at expo
23rd October 2026 By: Halima Frost

Just four years after its debut at Electra Mining Africa 2022, heavy duty slurry pump manufacturer Schurco Slurry has transformed into a trusted pumps solutions provider, with projects across 12... 


the vipertron device
Electronic initiation system targets wider mining uptake
23rd October 2026

Electronic initiation technology is gaining traction in opencast mining, with blasting technology company BME launching its VIPERTRON system to address barriers to wider adoption. While electronic... 


Rare earth elements from Phalaborwa.
Joburg lab success puts Rainbow in low-cost, low-capital rare-earths lead
21st October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa-functioning and London-listed Rainbow Rare Earths said on Wednesday, October 21, that it would be the first company to deliver a low-cost, low-capital-intensity, commercial solution to... 


Marc Cameron, who will be joining Weir as Minerals Division President.
Marc Cameron to join Weir as minerals division president
21st October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Marc Cameron will join Weir as president of the minerals division on October 26 and become a member of the group executive. In a media release to Mining Weekly on Wednesday, October 21, Weir plc... 


Kumba CE Mpumi Zikalala.
Kumba Iron Ore’s third-quarter sales up 3%, average price 9% above benchmark
20th October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

As planned, the iron-ore production of Kumba Iron Ore in the three months to September 30 was lower, largely owing to the ultrahigh-dense-media-separation (UHDMS) project tie-in at Sishen, but... 


An image of AVEVA MMM Global Industry principal Glenn Kerkhoff
AVEVA underscores importance of digitalisation in African mining operations
19th October 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Global industrial software company AVEVA is seeing “significant interest” in digitalisation across Africa, especially where it addresses immediate operating challenges, and the company has... 


Endolith pilot-scale copper microbes testing
Startups are extracting more copper using microbes
19th October 2026 By: Bloomberg

The world has a copper problem. The average ore quality is plummeting, more resources are being plowed into obtaining the same amount of metal and new mines take years to open because of the cost... 


QAMT subsurface technology
Canadian subsurface imaging expert Dias launches two new powerful exploration aides
16th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian advanced subsurface imaging company Dias Geophysical has commercialised two new technologies called DSTX (Deep Search Transmitter) and QAMT (Quantum Airborne MagnetoTellurics), which... 


NISHEN HARIPARSAD
Engineers can use VIPERTRON to modify charging strategies, adjust initiation timing, alter inter-hole delays, optimise inter-row sequencing and introduce targeted risk-mitigation measures
Blasting initiation system delivers precision, programmability
16th October 2026 By: Keabetswe Shilakwe

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... 


IMPROVING RESULTS, STEMMING IMPACTS
Varistem stemming plug can be deployed for productivity gains, on-the-bench procedural improvements and to reduce flyrock, airblast, noise and vibration, or a combination of these impacts
Environmental impacts reduced by using stemming plugs
16th October 2026 By: Donna Slater

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... 


Zoomlion mine machinery
Chinese mine equipment maker Zoomlion reports meaningful international growth
12th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer Zoomlion has expanded its mining machinery business and strengthened international operations, having recorded a growth rate of 57% year-on-year in its mining... 


Mineral Resources and Petroleum Minister Gwede Mantashe.
Minister urges South Africans to work together in confronting high fuel price
9th October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

It must be appreciated that the current high price of fuel is a function of the war in the Middle East and South Africans must work together in confronting it, Mineral Resources and Petroleum... 


 	A new Synergy Ex IE3 loaded on a pallet ready for delivery
Flameproof motor range introduced for mining environments
9th October 2026 By: Halima Frost

The new Synergy Ex IE3 range of flameproof motors, designed by engineering components supplier BMG’s in-house engineering team in collaboration with global electric motor specialists, was launched... 


Kearney South Africa Energy Partner Frances Phillips.
Green iron-ore is a great South African export opportunity, Joburg Indaba hears
8th October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Making green iron-ore for exportation is a great opportunity, South Africa’s Joburg Indaba heard on Thursday, October 8, when Kearney South Africa energy partner Frances Phillips drew attention to... 


Dr John Bristow
Importance of natural diamond comeback highlighted
5th October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa needs to find ways to build and sustain its alluvial diamond sector in particular, given this country’s “incredible” alluvial sector which hosts “exceptional” diamonds. Accompanying... 


Rio Tinto lanyards
Founders Factory, Rio Tinto select five latest startups for Mining Tech Accelerator
5th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Startup-focused investor Founders Factory and diversified miner Rio Tinto have revealed the fifth cohort joining their mining-tech accelerator - the global startup programme solving the mining... 


a truck connected to The Quantum Electra-Haul trolley-assist solution at a mine in Zambia
Zambian truck electrification tech receives patent, trademark
2nd October 2026

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... 


TURNKEY OFFERING
BMG provides turnkey drive packages for belt conveyors and feeders used in mining and bulk materials handling
Conveyor drive technology improved for reliability, availability
2nd October 2026

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... 


BELT SCRAPERS
OST-Africa’s new economical ECO belt scraper range includes primary and secondary cleaners, as well as a new curved ARC secondary scraper, designed to improve cleaning performance, extend blade service life, reduce downtime and lower maintenance requirements
Economical belt scrapers developed to clean conveyors
2nd October 2026

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... 


Platinum Group Metals Limited CEO Frank Hallam.
Catalytic power of platinum, palladium being eyed for drones
1st October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The catalytic properties of platinum and palladium are being researched and developed as a potential source of significant upliftment for drones. The higher energy density that platinum and... 


A Mintek researcher
Mintek roundtable highlights need to bridge research, industry gap
30th September 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

South Africa needs stronger collaboration between researchers, industry, government and other stakeholders to ensure scientific research is translated into commercially viable solutions for the... 


The image depicts one of the Cone Crusher by Sandvik
Cone crushers delivered to S African platinum project
25th September 2026

Signalling Africa’s growing appetite for modern mining technology, rock processing solutions company Sandvik Rock Processing is undertaking the delivery of the first Sandvik CH662 cone crushers to... 


Valterra Platinum Executive Head: Processing Operations Agit Singh.
Jameson cells saving Valterra Platinum R203m, keeping 3 000 trucks off road
23rd September 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Reduction of 3 000-equivalent trucks on the road, a 70.5 MWh decrease in smelting electricity consumption, a 70 000 t cut in smelting CO2 emissions, and a R203-million annual cost saving, which... 


Turning mining complexity into certainty
Turning mining complexity into certainty
22nd September 2026

As mining advances, so does its complexity. More technology, more systems, more data, more decisions. The real challenge isn't adding more, it's making it all work together. 


Major gathering of minerals researchers.
More than 300 to focus on innovative minerals sector solutions, Mintek reports
21st September 2026 By: Martin Creamer

More than 300 emerging researchers, industry leaders, government, academia and other stakeholders are to gather this month and next to explore innovative solutions to challenges in the minerals... 


VULSORB technology
Vulcan starts commercial production of key lithium extraction technology
21st September 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Australia- and Frankfurt-listed Vulcan Energy has started commercial-scale production of its proprietary lithium extraction adsorbent, VULSORB, which selectively captures lithium from brine. The... 


The 95-t-payload rigid dump truck incorporates hybrid technology, providing a competitive advantage to the cost of operating diesel-powered equipment
SANY targets lower-cost, lower-emission mining with hybrid truck
18th September 2026 By: Shannon de Ryhove

Heavy equipment manufacturer SANY has launched its SRT100S off-highway mining truck in a move aimed at helping mining operations reduce operating costs while progressing towards lower-emission... 


Hydrogen Council Co-Chair François Jackow.
Scale up hydrogen, global council urges amid growing energy security concerns
18th September 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The global Hydrogen Council is urging the world to scale up its hydrogen energy ecosystem at pace, which coincided with green hydrogen being declared integral to a new South African industrial... 


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