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Mining insights: Curbing protracted and violent strikes in 2018

Details: Created: Wednesday, 07 February 2018 13:48

By Johan Olivier, Partner at Webber Wentzel

In one of its most recent surveys, the Chamber of Mines estimated that the mining industry was responsible for creating approximately 450,000 direct jobs in South Africa. The most recently published Fraser Institutes research also reported that South Africa had Labour Regulations/Employment Agreements and Labour Militancy/Work Disruptions which could act as a relatively high deterrent to investment. One of the key contributors to this figure is likely to be strike actions. In a time where unemployment rates are escalating, the need to ensure growth and stability of the mining industry, including its labour relations, has never been more acute.

Call for participation in ISO Standards Development for Collision Avoidance and Emergency Remote Stop

Details: Created: Wednesday, 31 January 2018 09:31

We are requesting assistance regarding standards that are being developed for Collision Awareness and Avoidance, and Emergency Remote Stop.

These standards development projects are being developed through an established Joint Working Group under ISO TC 127 (i.e. TC127 Joint Working Group 22 (JWG22). This is a joint working group of TC127 Earth Moving Machinery (the international committee for mobile surface mining equipment and OEMs) and TC82 Mining (the international committee for mining).

Preventative maintenance: key to productivity and sustainability

Details: Created: Thursday, 11 January 2018 12:55

Operations within the mining, petrochemical, construction, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industries that use compressed air equipment are confronted with numerous hazards daily, often resulting in varying degrees of injuries and in some cases fatalities. Although there are a number of underlying causes of these accidents - improper maintained air compressors is one of the common causes of equipment-related injuries. In light of this, proactive maintenance not only plays a significant part of the safety of operations that use compressors, but also an important role in the productivity and sustainability.

Rand-Air, market leaders in portable compressed air and power generation rental understands that for an air compressor to perform at optimum, regular services and preventative maintenance is essential. It is for this reason that businesses are advised to rent equipment as opposed to buying - this ensures a preventative maintenance approach and eliminates the stress of reactively maintaining equipment when the need arises.

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Mining Weekly | Africa

15 September 2026

IAEA reports uranium resources adequate to meet growing nuclear fuel demand

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reported that global uranium production is increasing, to meet the rising demand from the nuclear energy sector. However, for the longer term, it is necessary for new projects to be developed and come on stream. These findings are in 'Uranium 2026: Resources, Production and Demand', a joint report of the IAEA and the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Worldwide, on January 1, 2025 there had been 418 commercial nuclear reactors in operation, with a total generating capacity of 378 GW(e). Fuelling these required some 64 500 tons of uranium (tU) a year (tU/y). There were another 23 reactors, with a total capacity of 19.7 GW(e), in a state of suspended operation.

US miner signs Rwanda tungsten deal to grow western supply

An American miner is partnering with Rwanda’s government to source and process tungsten from the African nation, extending a push to build a Western-aligned supply chain for the strategic metal that reduces reliance on China. Rwanda will take a 25% stake in a local unit of Almonty Industries Inc. by contributing an exploration concession and a processing license, according to a binding agreement disclosed Monday. The Dillon, Montana-based company will maintain the balance of the ownership.

Phase 3 is test rail reform, cannot afford to fail, says Manganese Producers Consortium

The third phase of the August 20-launched Government-Business Partnership for Growth and Jobs names freight logistics as a foundational enabler of growing the economy by 3%-plus and generating a million new jobs by 2030. “This is a welcome signal and confirms our consistently communicated and strong belief that logistics reforms – and rail reform in particular – are central to South Africa’s growth targets and are not a technical issue alone but rather a fundamental economic driver,” South Africa’s Manganese Producers Consortium has pointed out in a media release to Mining Weekly.