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Assmang Manganese Mines, Northern Cape Province

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  One of the Atlas Copco rigs emerging from the new incline shaft.
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  Nchwaning's hoisting shaft.

Bakerville Diamond Project

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  Production from the Bakerville Project is expected to begin in late 2011.

Benguérir Phosphates Mine

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  One of the Marion 7500 walking draglines used for stripping overburden at...
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  Run-of-mine phosphate rock is screened before being sent for further...
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  Phosphate processing plant at one of OCP's other operations, Phosboucraa.
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  Phosboucraa rock is hauled to Laâyoune by a 98.3km conveyor system.
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  Stockpiles at Bourcraâ, which adds 2.4Mt/y to OCP's output. Total OCP...

Bisha Project

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  The Bisha Project is located about 150km west of Asmara in Eritrea, East Africa.
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  The Bisha mine produces copper, zinc, gold and silver.

Blue Ridge PGE Project, Blaauwbank Farm, South Africa

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  Annually the mine is forecast to produce about 75,000oz of platinum.

Boseto Copper Project, Ngamiland, Kalahari Copper Belt

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  Geologists transferring core at the Boseto copper mine.

Buffelsfontein Gold Mine

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  Ore processing at Buffelsfontein gold mine includes semi autogenous grinding...
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  An accident at BGM on 4 May 2010 led to the closure of the Number Five shaft.
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  The shaft was recently reopened after remaining closed following a seismic...
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  By 2014, Buffelsfontein gold mine is expected to produce 318,000oz per annum.

Bulyanhulu Gold Mine, Kahama, Shinyanga

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  Bulyanhulu runs as an underground trackless mining operation.
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  Bulyanhulu mine produced 262,034oz of gold in 2011.

Buzwagi Gold Mine, Shinyanga

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  Buzwagi is an open-pit gold mine situated six kilometres south-east of Kahama.
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  The processing plant at the Buzwagi mine can treat 12,000 tons of ore a day.
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  Haul trucks carrying the run of mine ore to the processing facility.

CBG Bauxite (Aluminium Ore) Mining Operations

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  CBG’s operations are centred on the town of Boké, 150km north west of...
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  Exploration drilling at Bidikoum.
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  The CBG mining fleet consists of Demag H185 excavators, Caterpillar 992C and...
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  The dried ore at CBG is held in a 150,000t-capacity covered stockpile, and...
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  Halco and the Guinean Government signed an agreement over the development of...

Central Ashanti Gold Project

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  Central Ashanti gold mine is located approximately 57km south-west of Obuasi.
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  Central Ashanti gold mine is owned by Central Ashanti Gold Limited.
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  In June 2010, Perseus received approval from the EPA for project construction.
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  Production on the Central Ashanti gold mine began in 2011.
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  Perseus undertook technical services of the project, including planning...

Cullinan Diamond Mine, Gauteng

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  The Cullinan underground mine is installed with the steel work for a stiff brow.
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  The Cullian Diamond mine is undergoing a major expansion plan.

Debswana Diamond Mines

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  Trucks hauling waste rock at Jwaneng.
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  A Bateman semi-mobile crusher at Jwaneng. The machine weighs 1,500t and can...
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  One of the recrushing plants at Jwaneng, which takes primary crushed ore and...

Dishaba Mine, Thabazimbi

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  Dishaba Mine, owned by Anglo American, is situated in the Limpopo province of...

Doornkop South Reef Project, Gold Mine, South Africa

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  Head-gear at Doornkop No 1 shaft – an 8m diameter, dual-purpose personnel and...

Finsch Diamond Mine, Northern Cape

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  The process and treatment plant.
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  The treatment recovery control centre.
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  The existing main ventilation fans and the new booster fans will be monitored...

Freda Rebecca Gold Mine

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  Freda Rebecca gold mine has proven reserves of 2.4mt.
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  Ore is excavated and delivered via dump trucks to the plant site.
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  Phase two production rates of 50,000oz/y of gold were achieved by September...

Gaoua Project

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  The Auger Drilling programme between the Dienemera and Gongondy deposits was...
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  Drilling at Mt Biri is at early stage.

Geita Gold Mine

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  Ariel view if Geita mine

Goldplat Kilimapesa Gold Project

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  The company is engaged in a development programme to enable bulk sampling in...
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  The mine has milled around 400t of development ore.

Great Noligwa Gold Mine

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  A view of the twin shafts at the mine.

Hajar

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  Outokumpu tank flotation cells.
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  One of the mine’s drilling jumbos.
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  The concentrator control room.
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  One of the Larox pressure filters.
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  The tailings disposal area has been carefully engineered.

Husab Uranium Project, Namib Desert

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  The Husaberg RC rig is being used to conduct exploration drilling at the mine.
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  Aerial view of drilling in zone 2 of the Husab Project.

Imouraren Uranium Mine

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  Imouraren mine is estimated to produce 5,000t of uranium (yellow cake) a year.

Kalgold Gold Mine

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  Kalgold is an open pit gold mine.

Kalia Iron Ore Project

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  Mineralisation extends over a strike length of 40km and is divided between...
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  The ore body contains an estimated 6.16bt of inferred JORC magnetite resources.

Kansanshi Copper Mine

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  Hydraulic excavators and a fleet of mining trucks are being used at the site...

Kapulo Copper Project

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  The Kapulo copper mine is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo,...
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  Ore will be mined using standard open pit methods including drilling and...
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  The processing plant will operate at a nameplate capacity of 0.385mtpa of...

Kendal Coal Mine

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  The Kendal plant will recycle as much of the processing water as possible,...

Kiaka Gold Project

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  First production from the Kiaka project is expected in 2014.

Kimberley Underground, Northern Cape

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  Kimberley Underground is located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
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  Ore mined from Bultfontein and Dutoitspan pipes is processed in the Joint...

Kloof

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  The No.4 shaft at Kloof with the mine’s main shaft in the background.

Koffiefontein Mine

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  Koffiefontein mine is the largest kimberlite diamond mine in the world by...
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  The Koffiefontein mine neighbours some of Kimberley's famous mines.
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  The mine holds 17.66mt of proven and 18.48mt of probable reserves.
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  The mine produces high-value diamonds.
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  The mine is a typical underground operation developed using front cave mining...

Kolomela Iron Ore Mine, Northern Cape

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  Kolomela Mine is situated near Postmasburg town in the Northern Cape Province...

Kusasalethu Mine Project, Far West Rand

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  The project has made good progress towards its anticipated 2010 completion....

Kwale Mineral Sands Project

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  DFS phase of the project.

Lace Diamond Mine (LDM), Kroonstad, Free State

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  Aerial view of the Lace Diamond Mine (LDM) located in Kroonstad, Free State,...
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  The mine is estimated to have reserves of 35.58mt at an average grade of...

Langer Heinrich Uranium Mine

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  The mine was re-launched for operations in 2007 after remaining unused for...
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  A stage-two expansion programme was completed in June 2009.
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  The mine lies within a 15km-long tertiary paleo-drainage system that contains...
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  The mine can produce up to 1,180t of uranium oxide concentrate from 1.5mt of...
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  Stage three-expansion started at the end of 2009.

Lumwana Copper Mine

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  Barrick Gold Corporation now has complete ownership of the Lumwana mine.

Marampa Haematite Iron Ore Mine

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  Exploration activities have identified several iron ore prospects at the...
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  Lower-grade Marampa product is higher in demand in the region.

Mareesburg Open Pit Mine

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  The Mareesburg mine is located in the Limpopo province in South Africa.
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  The deposit lies within the Bushveld Complex.

Marikana Platinum Mine, Rustenburg

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  Proven and probable reserves are estimated at 15.61mt graded at 3.14g/t of 4E.

Mayoko Iron Ore Project

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  The mine's iron is hosted within highly weathered iron-rich metamorphic rocks...
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  The Mayoko project is easily accessible with sufficient railways, roads,...

Mbalam Iron Ore Project

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  The Mbalam project is estimated to contain more than 800 million tonnes of...
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  Exploration drilling being carried out at the Mbalam mine.

Minas Moatize Coal Mine, Tete

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  BHR started open-pit mining from the Trial Pit 1 (TP1) in 2011.
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  A truck transporting coal to MV Aztec Maiden at the Port of Beira.
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  Temporary coal wash plant built at the Minas Moatize mining site.

Moma Titanium Minerals Mine

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  The Moma titanium minerals mine is located in Nampula province of Mozambique.

Morupule Colliery Expansion Project, Botswana

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  Morupule Colliery is located in Palapye, Botswana.
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  Morupule colliery expansion increased the capacity of the mine to 3.2mtpa.

Mowana

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  A number of areas of archaeological interest have been uncovered through the...

Mponeng Gold Mine, Gauteng

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  On-reef development and thus the start of production, are scheduled for 2013...
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  Some 5126 people were employed full time at Mponeng in 2007 with 435...

Ngezi

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  Hartley has an integrated processing plant, consisting of a mill,...
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  Hartley plant flowsheet. The plant currently has a capacity of 180,000t of...
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  Pouring matte from the smelter at Hartley Platinum. Final matte contains 44%...

Orezone/IAMGOLD Essakane Gold Mine

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  A sample of gold, taken from Orezone's Essakan property, which contains about...
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  Burkina Faso's arid, flat, accessible terrain helps Orezone to minimise...
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  Orezone's local contractors contribute to the discovery of Burkina Faso's...
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  Orezone geologists use PDA to record sampling analysis.

Palabora

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  Palabora is situated in north-eastern South Africa, next to the Kruger...
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  The Palabora open pit. The very competent rock allows the pit walls to be cut...
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  Loading in the open pit, the bottom of which is now over 230m below sea level.
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  Underground development, using a twin-boom jumbo to drill the marked-out face.

Platinum Australia Smokey Hills

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  Blasted stope ore is scraped down to mucking bays in the reef drives and...
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  The processing plant is a standard UG2 plant incorporating milling and...
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  The plant has been designed to produce about 95,000oz of 4E PGMs per year.

Platmin Platinum Mine, Pilanesberg

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  The laying of foundations for the mills; the processing plant at the...
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  The Pilanesberg mining operation will recover all six platinum group...

Putu Iron Ore Project

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  Putu mine contains an estimated 2.37 billion tons of iron ore.
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  Liberia is on the western coast of Africa.
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  Iron ore from the Putu mine will most likely be converted into steel and...

Rössing Uranium Project

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  The Rössing Uranium mine, open pit expansion.
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  A view from above the processing plant with the lip of the open pit in the...

Sadiola Gold Mine, Mali

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  The Sadiola Gold Mine is situated in Kayes in Mali.

Samancor Chrome Mines

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  Drilling underground in one of the chromite seams.
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  Ore-handling underground at WCM using a load-haul-dump machine.
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  Samancor Chrome’s Witbank ferrochrome plant.
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  Molten ferrochrome at one of Samancor’s plants.
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  Tipping rail cars at the port of Richards Bay - through which Samancor Chrome...

Sandpiper Marine Phosphate Project, Atlantic Ocean

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  Unloading samples from the Sandpiper deposit on to MV Smit Madura.
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  Shells separated from phosphates of the Sandpiper deposit.

Savuka Gold Mine, Gauteng

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  Savuka is the second deepest mine in the world.
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  The shaft and infrastructure at the mine, destroyed by a seismic event in...

Sintoukola Potash Project, Kouilou

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  Elemental Minerals owns a 93% interest in Sintoukola Potash project.
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  Sintoukola project is in an advanced exploration stage with production...

Sishen Mine, Northern Cape

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  The Sishen ore undergoes DMS and jig processing at the nearby beneficiation...
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  Sishen mine produced 33.7mt of iron ore in 2012.

Skorpion Zinc Mine

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  Exploration drilling at Skorpion, undertaken by Reunion Mining.
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  The 66/11kV step-down switchyard. Skorpion has increased Namibia's power...

SNIM

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  Open-pit mining: ore and waste have to be drilled and blasted before loading...
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  A P&H shovel equipped with a 26m³ bucket loading a 200t-capacity haul...
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  Trains from the mines to the port are hauled by multiple General Electric...
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  The screening and crushing plants at Point Central, where ore is sized for...

Southern Ashanti Mine Gold Project, Ghana

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  Drilling at the project site was successfully completed in 2008.
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  The Southern Ashanti Gold Project is located 280km west of Accra, Ghana.

Tanlouka Gold Project

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  Artisanal sluicing at the Tanlouka project
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  Artisanal workings at the project site
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  Sample from artisanal workings
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  The Tanlouka project is currently in the initial stage of exploration.
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  Phase one drilling program involved drilling of 11 holes.

Target Gold Mine

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  A schematic layout, showing how Target is being developed from the old...
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  One of the mine’s Tamrock Solo long-hole drill rigs, used for bulk mining of...
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  The underground crusher station, commissioned in 2000, crushed run-of-mine...

Tasiast Gold Mine

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  The Tasiast is an open pit mine in a prospective greenstone belt.
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  The Tasiast mining plant has a processing capacity of 2.5mt/y.
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  Kinross is planning to invest about $1.5bn for the expansion of Tasiast...
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  The mining fleet of Tasiast includes 120t hydraulic excavators and 90t trucks.
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  Commercial production at the mine began in 2008.

TauTona, Anglo Gold

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  Air conditioning equipment is used to cool the mine from 55°C down to a...
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  TauTona I now the world’s deepest mine.

Trekkopje Uranium Mine

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  The Trekkopje mine is a uranium mine located in western Namibia.
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  The mine will process 100,000t of ore per day.
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  Uranium oxide

Tulawaka Gold Mine

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  Tulawaka mine is south-west of Mwanza in the western part of the Lake...
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  Open-pit operations at the Tulawaka mine commenced in 2005.

Tulu Kapi Gold Project

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  Geologists collecting samples and logging chips at the Tulu Kapi mine.
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  Diamond drilling being carried out at Tulu Kapi mine.

Twistdraai

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  The conveyor drift at Tristdraai West.
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  One of the mine’s Joy HM-series continuous miners.
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  Men and materials use the shafts; coal is transported out of the mine by...
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  The secondary washing plant (foreground).
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  Twistdraai has stockpiling areas for both raw coal blending and for washed...

Union Mine, Rustenburg

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  The South Union Mine produced 162,700 ounces of platinum during 2010-2011.
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  The North Union Mine produced 91,500 ounces of platinum during 2010-2011.
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  A 3D seismic survey was carried out at the mine in 2011 as part of Union...

Venetia Diamond Mine

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  The Venetia diamond mine is 100%-owned by De Beers Consolidated Mines.
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  After the surrounding earth and rock have been removed to expose the...

Voorspoed Mine

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  The Voorspoed mine is located 30km north-east of Kroonstad.
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  The mine separates diamonds from the Kimberlite through inter-particle crushing.

Williamson Mine, Shinyanga Province

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  The Williamson open-pit mine was acquired by Petra Diamonds from De Beers in...
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  The ore produced from the Williamson mine is transported to the diamond...
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  The tailings from the Two-Roll Classifier of the main processing plant are...
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  The Williamson diamond mine is undergoing a phased expansion aimed at...

Youga Gold Mine

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  Youga produced 91,030oz of gold in 2012.

Zambeze Coal Mine, Changara

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  Drilling in progress at the Zambeze project.
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  Mozambique President Armando Guebuza and Riversdale Mining executive chairman...
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  Riversdale coal sample.

Zanaga Project

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  The Zanaga iron ore project is located in the Republic of Congo's Lekoumou...
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  Core samples from the mine.
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  A conventional truck and shovel method will be used to mine the ore.

Zondereinde Mine

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  Headgear at Northam Zondereinde mine.
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  Deep level underground workings at Zondereinde mine.
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  Concentrator plant at the mine.
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  Smelter and base metal removal (BMR) plant.