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COVER 8 AZMET: Redefining gold processing economics COMMODITIES OUTLOOK 10 Thermal Coal’s ‘face-off’: Indonesia vs. China 12 Menar on track to start its rail-to-port logistics business GOLD 13 Gold Investment rockets in 2025, setting a new high as uncertainty bites PGMs 14 Bengwenyama targets first concentrate production in 2028 17 Platinum watch designs are on the uptick 18 PGMs Industry Day returns with focus on dialogue EXPLORATION 19 Council for Geoscience & BHP enter MoU FINANCE & INVESTMENT 20 How tokenisation could unlock billions for early-stage mining OPENCAST MINING 22 Leveraging mining tyre management to reduce costs and emissions ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE 24 Seabed mining at a crossroads ENERGY 26 Microgrids as strategic risk infrastructure for mining with FlowGen DRILLING & BLASTING 28 Mini booster from AECI debuts at Mining Indaba 2026 29 Rosond expands Saudi industrial footprint
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MATERIALS HANDLING 30 The case for crane refurbishment 31 Caterpillar launches the new Cat ® 707 wide body truck 32 Multotec’s spiral concentrators strengthen manganese value chains 34 Local capability embeds Weir solutions in West Africa 35 Pilot Crushtec accelerates European expansion with distributor drive 36 Navachab Gold Mine boosts recovery with STEINERT’s technology
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ODERN M INING MARCH 2026 | Vol 21 No 3 For people who are serious about mining
4 Seriti Green appoints first COO to drive operational excellence Completion of conditions with BWCAM to develop Brandberg West 5 Orezone Gold in transformational expansion into Canada Rand Refinery partners with Ghana's Gold Coast Refinery 6 Zimele empowers 45 entrepreneurs with R1.5m in seed capital New partners appointed at SRK Ivanhoe, Gécamines and Mercuria eye minerals supply to US 7 Orion Minerals selected for BHP Xplor’s 2026 Accelerator Programme Marenica resource update doubles grade Entsha-led acquisition marks Barloworld’s next chapter
ON THE COVER AZTEC Mining’s flagship technology, the AZTEC Upflow Reactor, extracts additional gold from slurry. Pg 8.
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AZTEC Mining: Redefining gold processing economics Thermal Coal’s ‘face-off’: Indonesia vs. China Bengwenyama targets first concentrate production in 2028 Leveraging mining tyre management to reduce costs and emissions How tokenisation could unlock billions for early-stage mining
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