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Weir helps African mines unlock value

As African mining companies focus on improving plant availability while controlling operating costs, aftermarket optimisation is emerging as an increasingly important strategy for extending equipment life and improving comminution performance. Weir is helping mines achieve these objectives through the application of premium ESCO® crusher liners and ENDURON® screen panels, supported …

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Booyco Electronics drives smarter, safer mining across Africa

Leading South African innovator in mine safety technology Booyco Electronics specialises in advanced proximity detection systems (PDS), advanced missing person locating systems, AI camera systems and integrated safety solutions for surface and underground mining operations. With more than two decades of experience in protecting people, equipment and production, the company …

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Contamination: Oil’s Dirty Little Secret

When Good Oils Go Bad Part 8   By Steven Lumley, technical manager, WearCheck Continuing the dialogue around oil condition with condition monitoring specialist company, WearCheck, this time the focus turns to contamination. In the previous instalment of this series, we saw how additives are consumed, attached to surfaces or …

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Governance gaps undermine critical-path integration

For complex mining projects in Africa, one of the primary delivery risks is not technical capability but leadership and governance, says consulting firm Project Managers Africa (PMA). “Mining projects bring together engineering, procurement, construction, operations, contractors and external stakeholders. If nobody owns the dependencies between those groups, each workstream can …

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ABB Connecting the Currents of African Mining

African mines are under growing pressure to improve productivity, contain energy costs and reduce emissions while maintaining safe and reliable operations. Against that backdrop, ABB is advancing a more integrated approach in which electrification, automation and digitalisation work as connected parts of the same operating system. ABB South Africa and …

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