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COVER 8 MQA marks 30 years of empowering South Africa’s mining workforce COMMODITIES OUTLOOK 10 The growing strategic importance of antimony 12 Metals Focus publishes Precious Metals Investment Focus 2025/26 14 Gold breaks records as investors seek shelter from market turbulence RARE EARTHS 16 Steenkampskraal sets out rare earths six-phase production plan MINING INDABA 18 Trade sentiment heralds boom for the Mining Industry TOP PROJECTS 19 Africa’s top projects make their mark 20 Omitiomire Copper Project aims for full production by 2028 23 METC Engineering: solving the metallurgical puzzle at Omitiomire 24 Venetia adapts to survive and soar 28 Next generation crawler for marine diamond recovery 32 Kabanga Nickel heads towards final investment decision in 2026 36 Cementation Africa adapts Ivanplats’ Shaft 3 for production ramp-up 40 Pan African Resources’ Tennant Mines operations in Australia ENERGY SOLUTIONS 42 New SEW-EURODRIVE service centre transforms future of drive repairs 44 Africa welcomes first fully electric Sandvik mobile crushing plant PUMPS & VALVES 46 KSB launches revolutionary Imvubu wastewater pump
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UNDERGROUND MINING 48 LHM delivers monumental fan project 49 Maximising dewatering efficiency at extreme depths MINERALS PROCESSING 50 NEXT Intelligent Solutions drive smarter performance
51 Charting the future of milling efficiency MATERIALS HANDLING 52 Weba Chute Systems drive down dust transmission in bulk materials handling
REGULARS MINING NEWS 4 Southern Palladium secures A$20 m placement to accelerate DFS Rosond appoints Dr. Adwoa Boaduo as Head of Safety Completion of CEO transition at Sibanye-Stillwater 5 TGME construction accelerates Switch Metals signs MOU with Xcelsior 6 Paratus opens in Rwanda Testwork supports acid reduction of up to 70% at Letlhakane Uranium Project SUPPLY CHAIN NEWS 58 Leadership changes at Babcock Rocla pre-cast solution reduces downtime on mines 59 CEO Joe Creed introduces tools for Caterpillar’s transition to high-tech innovator Astec launches SED projects to empower the vulnerable and destitute 60 Allied Crane Hire takes delivery of first Liebherr LTM 1650-8.1 crane in Africa Condra seeks the company’s oldest working crane COLUMN 54 The drive to achieving an integrated logistics network 56 Implementing SA’s new occupational exposure limit for silica dust
ODERN M INING For people who are serious about mining DEC 2025 - JAN 2026 | Vol 20 No 12
ON THE COVER The year 2026 marks a significant milestone for the MQA as it celebrates 30 years of empowering South Africa’s mining workforce. Pg 8.
The growing strategic importance of antimony Omitiomire Copper Project aims for full production by 2028 Venetia adapts to survive and soar Kabanga Nickel heads towards final investment decision in 2026 KSB launches revolutionary Imvubu wastewater pump MQA marks 30 years of empowering South Africa’s mining workforce IN THIS ISSUE
DECEMBER 2025 - JANUARY 2026 | www.modernminingmagazine.co.za MODERN MINING 1
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