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Leadership Rugby legend turned mining magnet
Rugby Legend, former Springbok captain Gary Teichmann, has made a smooth transition from player to top businessman, taking the lesson learned under the great Ian Mcintosh and applying them to his own business.
29 Jul 2015
Logistics Namibia's Game Changers
WP Transport is enjoying an even more exciting transition stage at present as it expands both its internal infrastructure and its footprint across Sub-Saharan Africa, following a successful merger with powerhou
20 Jul 2015
Sustainability 360 degree planning paramount
Mine closure was another big buzz word floating around the Mining Indaba halls recently, where companies should really be gearing up for mine closures before it is too late
20 Jul 2015
Mine bakkie Price Leading Workhorse
Mahindra South Africa has extended its range of Bolero pick-ups with the launch of the Bolero Maxitruck Plus – a single-cab workhorse bakkie focussed on providing a maximised payload, low running costs and rugg
20 Jul 2015
Auctions Getting to the core of surplus management
The focus in the mining and large construction industry is clearly on exploration and development. However, to fully utilise company capabilities and minimise employee distractions on other non-core business ac
20 Jul 2015
Environment Technology to sustain underground trovesm of water
As the amount of water extracted from South Africa’s aquifers rises rapidly, new technologies will have to be applied to help manage and sustain these national treasures, and mines will have a role to play in s
20 Jul 2015
Equipment Earth moving masters
The company was initially founded in 1954 by Irvine Bell as a repair workshop for agricultural machinery. But Irvine was not simply a skilled repairman, but also an inventor.
07 Jul 2015
Chemicals Insights into froth flotation
With the much anticipated seventh International Flotation Conference taking place in November in Cape Town – Mining Prospectus is a proud media partner – we’re going to be unpacking some of the finer points of
03 Jul 2015
Education Improving access to mining law
Many African economies are dependent on mineral resource extraction. In view of the high mineral dependency of large parts of the continent, it becomes necessary to support the governments and citizens of miner
03 Jul 2015
Mine software Reduce and save
Under the current glut of operational cost hikes, through energy shortages and labour unrest, it is essential that companies run as tighter a ship as possible to save on all fronts with technology playing a key
03 Jul 2015
Development Junior miner showing potential in copper and silver deposits
A prominent Black Economic Empowerment junior mining exploration company believes that the small junior mining sector, if sufficiently financially supported, could turn the fortunes of the ailing South African
03 Jul 2015
EDUCATION Professor Fred Cawood honoured for five sterling years as Head of School
At a celebratory function on 11 June, the University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Mining Engineering paid tribute to the enormous contribution made by its former Head of School, Professor Fred Cawood...
17 Jun 2015
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