April 2010
Uranium and copper are the two commodities which take pride of place in our April issue.  Uranium is covered in our article on Namibia's Trekkopje uranium project, undoubtedly one of the most innovative mining projects currently underway in the Southern African region. Trekkopje will be the first commercial scale alkaline heap leach uranium project in the world and will also feature one of the biggest heap leach pads yet seen in the mining field. In addition, the mine will be supplied with water by the Erongo desalination plant, certainly the biggest desalination plant in sub-Saharan Africa. Copper is featured in our article on Discovery Metals' Boseto project in Botswana. This is to be developed as an opencast mine but also has plenty of underground potential, as recent work by Discovery makes clear. Our special feature this month is ‘Electrical Services for Mining' in which we talk to two of the leading companies in this field - electrical consultancy EHL and electrical contractor B&W. Both companies specialise in serving the needs of the mining industry.
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Benga coal project officially launched Mozambique's emergence as an important coal mining area has been underlined by the official launch of Riversdale Mining's Benga coal project near Tete. Phase one of the project, now well into development, entails production of 5,3 Mt ROM tonnes a year to produce 1,7 Mt/a of coking coal and 0,3 Mt/a of export thermal coal. Plant opening a further Trekkopje milestone Modern Mining recently attended the official opening of the Erongo desalination plant in Namibia and went on to visit Trekkopje, the uranium mine which it will supply with water. Both the plant and the mine are being developed by French nuclear group, AREVA. Collectively, the two projects represent the biggest ever investment in Namibia's economy. Study confirms Boseto's underground potential If copper prices remain buoyant, it seems almost certain that Australia's Discovery Metals will go ahead with the construction of an opencast mine at its Boseto project in north-west Botswana. A recent scoping study by Snowden, however, demonstrates that Boseto can also support an underground mining operation. Brisk demand from mines for modified vehicles
Global Fleet Sales (GFS) reports excellent sales of its modified Ford vehicles (mainly based on the Ranger platform) which have been optimised for on-site use in the mining industry.
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