Mechanisation

Miners at Anglo American’s Kumba Iron Ore have adapted to automated drilling with ease, and are reveling in the experience.    Four years ago, Leigh Ann Booysen worked grueling shifts at...

Modular Plant /Courtesy of Osborn SA   For mining companies  to be sustainable in the current sluggish conditions, they have no choice but to innovate. It is through innovation that...

By Graham Schwikkard and Aaron Burton A storm is brewing that could shift the nature of the South African mining industry. At its heart is disruptive innovation has affected many...

Volvo's fully autonomous truck is the first in the world to be tested in operations deep underground in the Kristineberg Mine. The self-driving truck is part of a development project...

After years of extensive research and development, global construction and mining equipment manufacturer, Caterpillar has unveiled what it touts the world’s first continuous mining and hauling system, Cat Straight System....

According to research done by trade union Solidarity, nearly 60 000 South Africans have been retrenched over the past year, and it is believed that the actual number could be...

Industrial companies from all sectors across the globe are getting down to business with Industry 4.0. The project’s implementation is in full swing all around the world: about one third...

The central theme to conversations held in the mining sector today is commodities.  This was the view held by delegates at the 2016 Joburg Indaba breakfast seminar at the Johannesburg...