Features
In-depth features exploring critical mining topics—from sustainability and community impact to evolving strategies in the industry.
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Planning for mine closures
Surface mining industry association, ASPASA, plans to work with Government to ensure the practical implementation of mining policies that will…
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Post-lockdown demand for aggregates is rising
Global demand for aggregates is expected to improve in 2022 as the world recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic and adapts…
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Technical committees share expertise
Surface mining industry association, ASPASA, is actively steering a course for members to improve their operations and adopt the latest…
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Bolt and Engineering Gauteng
As South Africa’s richest province and the economic powerhouse of the country, Gauteng is home to a vast number of…
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KSB’s success in solving mine dewatering
Mining operations require dewatering and the safe disposal of potentially contaminated water. KSB’s systems offer the efficient lowering of groundwater…
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Miners commit to ensuring building material supplies
Surface mines and quarries that are members of industry association, ASPASA, have committed to support efforts of the construction sector…
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Speak-up to end extortion
Surface mining industry association ASPASA has called on its members to report all incidents of extortion so that the industry…
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Illegal Mining in small surface mines
It is not always understood what mining is. So let’s be clear, “The Mineral Petroleum Resources Development Act” (MRPDA) states…
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DRC Congo US $6bn deal with China rendered ‘unconscionable’
Democratic Republic of Congo should renegotiate its US $6billion infrastructure-for-minerals deal with Chinese investors, according to the draft of a…
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Congo struggles with vague Chinese mining contract
More than a decade after the Democratic Republic of Congo signed, and, a year later, renegotiated a mining contract with…
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