As South Africa seeks to accelerate economic growth through localisation, manufacturing expansion and infrastructure development, the availability of skilled technical talent is becoming increasingly critical. The country’s mining and engineering sectors, which underpin much of this industrial activity, continue to face a shortage of practical technical skills. While efforts haveContinue Reading

In many parts of Africa, mining remains a frontier sector, frequently arriving as the first large-scale investment in remote or underdeveloped regions; its impact, however, extends far beyond extraction. According to Vis Reddy, chairman of SRK Consulting (South Africa) and global Africa lead, mining companies have been the pioneers inContinue Reading

Morris, Minn. – Superior Industries, Inc., a US-based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, is introducing expanded horsepower options across its Patriot® Cone Crusher lineup, giving aggregate producers greater flexibility to optimize performance in demanding and unpredictable crushing applications. According to the manufacturer, the moveContinue Reading

A shift towards structured service level agreements (SLAs) is redefining how conveyor systems are managed with moving operators away from a cycle of breakdown and repair towards proactive performance optimisation. According to conveyor systems specialist Tru-Trac, this trend recognises the central role that conveyors play in high tonnage mining andContinue Reading

: AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, and IFS, a global leader in AI-powered enterprise software for asset-intensive industries, announced a technology partnership to enable complex industrial organizations to connect operational intelligence, enterprise execution and strategic capital planning. CEOs Caspar Herzberg and Mark Moffat shared the first wave ofContinue Reading

Sandvik Mining announces the launch of a significantly upgraded Toro® LH208L loader, designed to deliver higher productivity, improved operator comfort and lower cost-per-tonne in low‑profile underground mining operations. The upgraded Toro® LH208L is engineered for tunnels with headroom as low as 1.8 meters and combines a high payload‑to‑weight ratio with enhanced powertrainContinue Reading