Glencore has slashed spending for this year by up to $US1.4 billion amid a rout in commodity prices, and will spin-off its stake in the unwanted South African platinum producer Lonmin inherited in its merger with Xstrata two years ago.
Maptek™ has released I-Site™ Drive to provide mines and industrial operations with a faster, more accurate system for frequent stockpile volume reporting.
The Heavy Duty Clutch & Brake (HDCB) division of Altra Industrial Motion, including the Twiflex, Wichita and Svendborg brands, offers a standard range of brakes and clutches to address almost all industrial application requirements. Where required, the expert knowledge of the engineering teams also enables Altra to excel at delivering bespoke solutions.
Mining is being squeezed between low commodity prices and rising expectations from government and civil society, but is still struggling to find practical strategies out of this predicament, according to SRK Consulting (SA) chairman and corporate consultant Roger Dixon.