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The tailings takedown
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (1077+ words) The Alberta government is moving ahead with efforts to reduce the size and environmental impact of tailings ponds at the province’s oil sands operations by investing in a new generation of technologies to tackle the problem. Some 20 per cent of…...
D3 Energy to Initiate Remedial Cementing at NGT245 D and E Wells in Nooitgedacht, South Africa
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (28+ words) Kalkine Media Retail Food Group Updates Securities Trading Policy with ASX Filing...
ABB warns SA mines risk falling behind as automation accelerates
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (504+ words) South African mines risk losing competitiveness if they delay the integration of electrification, automation and digital technologies as mining operations globally become more advanced, says ABB South Africa. ABB process industries division local business line manager Charl Marais said mining…...
South Africa’s chrome riches fuel a deadly underground economy
1+ week, 1+ day ago (65+ words) GhanaWeb - You are only allowed to submit content which you have created yourself. - No nudity, pornography and any unlawful content is permitted. - You grant GhanaWeb the right to publish and use your content. - You allow GhanaWeb to communicate with you…...
Illegal mining threatens Joburg collapse
1+ week, 5+ day ago (798+ words) A house overlooks an open pit dug by illegal miners searching for chrome in Bapong, a mining village in North West province, on August 25, 2026. In Bapong, a mining village in North West province, several homes are now surrounded by massive…...
Activists report 66 illegal chrome operations near South African reserve
1+ week, 4+ day ago (323+ words) UA.NEWS In South Africa, activists report 66 illegal chrome operations near biosphere reserve In South Africa’s North West province, between Rustenburg and Brits, activists have documented 66 chrome mining and beneficiation operations they consider illegal. Near the informal settlement of Nkangeng,…...
A South African Tailings Dam Collapsed. It Was Not on the Register
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1017+ words) SOUTH AFRICA · MINING —What failed: The Inyoni tailings storage facility, part of the Dikwena chrome plant complex at Samancor’s WCM mine east of Brits, failed at 17:39 on 13 August 2026. There were no fatalities and one reported injury. —Where it went: Slurry…...
The City Gold Built Is Being Hollowed Out From Below
1+ week, 6+ day ago (203+ words) A tailings dam at Samancor Chrome’s Dikwena operation near Brits collapsed on Thursday. Mining expert David van Wyk estimates there are now more than 34,000 irregular miners operating across South Africa, and the damage they leave behind has moved well beyond…...
New aerial images show aftermath of South African chrome mine's storage facility failure
1+ week, 6+ day ago (522+ words) New aerial images are offering a stark look at the damage left behind after the August 13 tailings storage facility failure at the Semancor Dikwena Chrome Mine in South Africa, and they are raising difficult questions about how the site was…...
Dr Duarte names SA mining's builders, leavers and breakers. Brilliant.
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1405+ words) South Africa’s gold mining history reveals how legal boardroom exits destroyed far more value than major fraud cases....