• PWC’s seventh mining survey sees cautious optimism
• Eastern Platinum awards opencast contract
• Multi-million rand mining contracts underway
• Boseto project capacity upgraded
• Namdeb reflects on tough year
• New Export coal washing facility under
  

 

• Sukari's undergound development
  progressing
• Economic assessment on Guinea bauxite
  project
• Liberia opens cadastre office to improve
  

 

• Aluminium smelter power contracts reviewed
• Project management group takes over
  Minproc
• Etango resource upgraded
• Coal road map progress
• Negotiations on Perkoa zinc project continue

 

UPDATES

• Drilling for iron ore in Namibia
• Drilling in Tanzania’s Lupa Gold Field
• Resource defined for Konongo tailings in
  Ghana
• Golden Pride to up production after year of
  low grade blending
• Drilling 20,000 metres for gold in Ghana
• Expansion of gold plant in Burkina Faso
• Uranium exploration in Niger

COVER STORY

 

• Pamodzi acquisition balances out shaft
  closures
• Namibian offshore diamond exploration
• Golden Star plans to produce 400,000
  ounces in 2010
• Mengo Potash Project signs with Chinese project developer
• Russian exploration for Liberian iron ore
• Mozambique’s Benga coal project gains approvals
• Ferrochrome furnace converted to
  ferromanganese

COVER STORY

 

UPDATES

• Kibali project to be updated in 2010
• Namakwa to develop Lesotho’s Koe
  kimberlite pipe
• Bisha on track for late 2010
• New copper-silver project in Botswana
• Lucara progressing Lesotho and Botswana projects

COVER STORY

 

• Redpath Mining Contractors

• South African mining faces challenges
• Banks ready to supply capital to mining
• South Africa's Royalties Act - more to it than meets the eye
• SAMVAL widely implemented
• IDC intends driving mining recovery in Africa
• TWP still pursuing prorject development and financing option
• Essakane - golden growth
• The crisis is turning the corner
• Poised for growth after recession

 

• Komatsu’s 280 t hauler offers latest
  technology

• Impala Platinum wins steel awards mining

 

• ELB provides total solutions

• Bisha gets project finance approvals
• Perkoa commissioning in 2010 subject to
  

 

• Geosearch launches ultra-deep drilling
  initiative

• Kalsaka gold mine launches production
• The plight of foreign miners in Africa
• Paladin Energy moves ahead in Namibia
• World class explosives plant at Lumwana
• Zambia and DRC sign cobalt deal

 

• Sandman Quarries - a true blue company

• Blasting commences at Egypt’s Sukari Gold

 

• ELB enhances its bulk materials handling
  reputation

• Cullinan blue diamond’s record sale
• SMP Gold Project in the Lupa Goldfields
• New gold bearing targets at Isambara – Tanzania
• The global economic crisis – worldwide
  

 

• Stuart Coal purchases larger Komatsu primary production machines

• African Aura to merge with Mano River
• Ghana grid power for Youga
• Bulk sampling at Mothae – Lesotho
• DMS project at Tati Nickel
• Marropino moves to care & maintenance
• Amandelbult East silo project completed

 

• K’Enyuka Ventures Into Modular Plant Design

• AngloGold Ashanti to Deepen Mponeng
• High Grade Gold results in Burkina Faso
• Chemwes Phase 2 Cost Budget Estimate
• Dutwa Scoping Study Contract awarded

 

• Turnkey solutions key to success in minerals processing environment

• Shaft collar completed at Frontier mine
• Tenke for production in 2nd half of 2009
• Algeria’s Amesmessa gold mine in ramp-up phase
• Petra completes Williamson deal
• Lumwana in production