NEWS SNIPPET FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pilot Modular plant powers community development project 23 May 2014, Johannesburg: One of Pilot Crushtec International’s modular crushing and screening plants will play a central role in an innovative community development project in the Limpopo province. Funded by a leading chrome producer, the initiative will create much needed jobs in …
NEWS SNIPPET FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Versatility and availability keeps Pilot Modular moving 19 May 2014, Johannesburg: Versatility and availability are two reasons for the continuing success of Pilot Crushtec International’s range of modular semi-mobile crushing and screening products. These attributes were demonstrated recently when a major mining company, Forbes Coal, needed additional equipment for its …
Opinion Piece 26 May 2014 – Johannesburg: Every stakeholder has a role to play in keeping the mining industry afloat and in optimising development opportunities. If we recognise that a win-win scenario is first prize, as encapsulated in the term shared value which Michael Porter and Mark Kramer first wrote about in Harvard Business Review …
Exclusive Opinion Piece The two decades since our first democratic elections in 1994 have brought changes to every aspect of South African life, not least of all to the minerals sector; but many of the changes in mining have not been for the better, and have led to more than a few lost opportunities. When …
Exclusive Opinion Piece South Africa’s mining sector faces increased risk on the energy front as electricity has in recent years become a scarce commodity subject to supply interruptions and rising prices; and the larger the scale of production, the more critical this risk becomes. While the industry needs Eskom to plan and implement new capacity …
Exclusive Media Release Despite an increasing move towards renewable energy and stricter carbon emission regulations, coal demand globally will continue, with increasing production expected from existing producers and new entrants, says SRK Consulting SA principal engineer Andy McDonald. To take advantage of the world’s continued dependence on coal, however, local logistics infrastructure needs to be …
Exclusive Opinion Piece Independent consulting engineers and scientists, SRK Consulting (SA) has completed numerous surface water studies for feasibility studies for openpits in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) and tropical areas to the the North of the DRC. One of the main issues around open pit mining in these areas is that the rainfall …
Exclusive Opinion Piece Multi-discipline consulting engineers and scientists SRK Consulting is celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year, “commemorating a period highlighted by global expansion and technical excellence”, enthuses SRK Consulting chairperson Roger Dixon. “The expansion of the group, since it was founded in 1974 to become a global player, is a major achievement. We have …
Media Release 09 May 2014 – Johannesburg: An unintended but potentially damaging erosion of authority structures at the workface might be bad for safety underground as and when platinum mineworkers return to work, according to SRK Consulting (SA) chairman Roger Dixon. “The relationship between workers and supervisors – indeed, even between workers of different trade …
MEDIA RELEASE 09 May 2014 – Cape Town: From a wind farm on the Cape west coast to a mine next to a Mozambican village – any development that affects an area’s sense of place could have an unacceptable visual impact; no wonder that assessing and mitigating these impacts is becoming a specialised task. Long …